Carla Kinnard Fleming was born in Jackson on July 18, 1966, to Ouida Kinnard and the late Dr. Arthur H. Kinnard Jr. She died Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011, at St. Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital.

At an early age she professed her faith in Jesus Christ and was baptized at Pearl Street A.M.E. Church.

Her early education was obtained at Utica Nursery School, Mixon Elementary in Utica and Lee Elementary in Manhattan, Kan. She graduated from LeFlore County High School with honors in 1984. She furthered her education at Jackson State University, where she received her Bachelor of Science degree in accounting in 1987. Prior to her graduation, she worked with the Internal Revenue Service and then went on to intern with IBM in Charlotte, N.C.

Upon graduation, she married Ricky Fleming on Dec. 27, 1987, and resided in Orlando, Fla. She moved back to Mississippi in 1993 and eventually moved to Vicksburg, where she joined King Solomon M.B. Church and became a faithful member until her illness.

She leaves to cherish her memories her loving mother, Ouida Kinnard; her three brothers, Arthur H. Kinnard III (Gwen) of Jackson, Kevin Kinnard (Marla) of Atlanta and Carl Kinnard (Cathy) of Jackson; her aunts and uncles, Katie White, Brentwood, Tenn., Richmond Kinnard (Ruby), Franklin, Tenn., Matthew Kinnard (Regina), Silver Spring, Md., Martha Forston, Silver Spring, Sophia Beamon, Nashville, Tenn., Anna Lois Broome, Nashville, Houston Kinnard (Cynthia), Nashville; 11 nieces and nephews, Jarrett, Armone, Candice, Arianna, LeMar, Micheal, Justus, Kevin, Elijah, Julian and Kessedi; and a host of relatives and friends.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at King Solomon M.B. Church of Vicksburg. Interment will follow at the church cemetery under the direction of Westhaven Memorial Funeral Home of Jackson.