Serika Vanessa

Brown

Obituary

Serika Vanessa Brown

October 2nd, 1986 ~ December 15th, 2017

S erika Vanessa Brown was born on October 2nd, 1986 to Doreen Needham and Michael Brown at Kingston Jubilee Hospital in Kingston, Jamaica.  She departed this life on December 15th, 2017 at New York Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan, New York after receiving a kidney and pancreas transplant.

She was educated through the Hackensack Public School system graduating from Hackensack High School in 2005.   She met and fell in love with Darron Hines and from their union came their son Omari.

Serika was a resident of Long Island, New York for ten years; Here her extended family grew.  She was employed at Widex as a Secretary until she was called home to Glory.  She was a loving mother who adored her only son Omari. She will be remembered as the girl who always had a smile on her face under any circumstance and for always putting people first.

Serika leaves to cherish her memories her beloved son Omari Hines, parents Doreen Needham and Ovel Bailey, sisters Arlene (Eric) Feelings-Williams, and Jacquline Feelings, brothers Leighton Earle, Adrian Feelings and Orlando Brown. Her companion Darron Hines, his mother Saundra Blagrove, special friends Tracy Lynch and Tina.  A host of other relatives and friends.