Kourtney Foxworth was born to Tierra Foxworth on April 7, 2003 , in Centreville, IL. She was helped raised by her step-up dad, Marquis Gardner, and uncle/daddy, Terrence Gardner Sr. She confessed a hope in Christ at a young age. She received her education at East Saint Louis School District #189 until she was 9 years old when she moved to Columbus, Mississippi. She graduated from Columbus High School in 2021. She completed her sophomore year of college at Ittawaba Community College in Fulton, MS. She was employed at Gholars Academy in childcare. She ran track in high school and was on the Lowndes County Dance Company dance team. Kourtney loved to dance, sing, and listen to music. Kourtney was forever young & turnt. She enjoyed spending time with her friends and family wherever she was there was a party. She lived everyday to the fullest! She was a fashionista who loved to shop, and her favorite thing to say was, "I'm fresh," and "I'm HER". That she definitely was happy, hardworking, and hilarious. Energetic, entertaining, and enjoyable. Rare, real, and reliable.

She was preceded in death by her maternal great-grandmother, Ardie Rhodes; great-grandmother, Ruth Montgomery; grandfather, David Thomas; grandfather, Ronald Flood; great aunt, Nicole Thorton, Merry Norman; great uncle, Eugene Rhodes.

Kourtney leaves to cherish her memories, her mother, Tierra Foxworth; grandmother, Darletta Flood; great-grandfather, David Tallie, Jr.; aunts, Aquela Gardner (Terrence Gardner, Sr.), Leslie Thomas, and Leeann Anderson; uncle, Alonzo Thomas Jr.; great aunts, Diane Rhodes-Luster (Darryl Luster), Debra Bond (Lonnel), Sharon Thomas, Mary Louis Thomas, Stephanie Reynolds, Tamika Brown, and Deena Tallie; great-great aunt, Mary Mosley; great uncle, Leroy Thomas (Paula), James Thomas, Jerry Thomas, Michael Thomas, Dwane Thomas (Renita), and Andre Thomas; great uncles, Ken Rhodes (Sharon), Dartalian Edmonds, David Tallie III, and Ronald Edmonds. She leaves her special friends/sisters, Tanijah Issac and Ayana Gillard, bonus brother, Blake Burnett, bonus sister, Markayla Gardner, and a host of other family and friends.