Anthony (Clacc) James Vital was born April 11, 1978 in Lake Charles, La., the son of John Sr. and Lemelda Matthews Vital. He moved from Lake Charles to Lawrence in 1996.
Mr. Vital was a musician and a member of Da BombSquad hip hop group. He was a member of Ninth Street Baptist Church in Lawrence.
He married Kristie Laughlin on April 12, 2002 in Lawrence. She survives of the home.
Other survivors include his father and stepmother, John Sr. and Ann Vital, Jennings, La.; his mother, Lemelda Carrier, Lawrence; three brothers, Paul, Lawrence, John Jr., Sioux Falls, S.D., and Eddie, Lawrence; two sisters, Franchesca Young, Sioux Falls, S.D., and Tiffany Vital, Lawrence; and many nieces and nephews and friends.
Anthony was preceded in death by his stepfather, Edgar Carrier.
The family suggests memorials to Valley Hope in Atchison, KS sent in care of Warren-McElwain mortuary.
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