Shirl Baker received a posthumous degree from Belmont University in her daughter's honor on Saturday.

Shirl Baker received a posthumous degree from Belmont University in her daughter's honor on Saturday.

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Mother of Waffle House shooting victim, DeEbony Groves, receives her daughter's college diploma

DeEbony Groves, 21, had dreams of walking across the stage and receiving her diploma in social work, which she had been working hard towards for several years. But on April 22, her life was cut short when a gunman entered the Waffle House where she was eating with friends.