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May they all rest in peace, God rest their souls..

Victims of the Charleston Methodist Church Massacre.

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- Basic information about the victims

Reverend Sharonda Coleman-Singleton, 45, was a pastor at the church and also an athletic coach at a high school.

Reverend Daniel Simmons Sr., 74, was the only victim to die in the hospital. He was a retired pastor of another Charleston church, according to ABC News.

Reverend Clementa Pinckney, 41, was a South Carolina state senator and pastor of Emanuel Church.

Cynthia Hurd, 54, was manager of the St. Andrews Regional Library, a library near the church.

Susie Jackson, 87, was Ethel Lance's cousin and had attended Emanuel Church for decades.

Ethel Lance, 70, had worked at the church for 30 years, according to a relative who spoke to the Post and Courier.

Myra Thompson, 59, was an active member of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority at Howard University, according to the Greenville News. She was the wife of Reverend Anthony Thompson of Holy Trinity REC Church in Charleston.

Tywanza Sanders, the youngest victim, was 26 and a 2014 graduate of Charleston's Allen University.

Depayne Middleton Doctor was 49, a counselor at Southern Wesleyan University's Charleston campus and sang in the church choir

- A report on the shooting in which he remembers and talks about the victims