Meagan Nicole Gardiner, a 38-year-old white woman from Abilene, Texas, was known in her community as a warm, generous presence whose life was closely rooted in the neighborhoods of the city she called home. Friends and family remembered her as someone whose smile could ease tension and whose steady kindness made people feel seen and supported, a person who showed up for others in quiet, dependable ways. In the days after her death, online memorials filled with tributes from those who loved her,
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