Victor Roy “PaPa” Brown was born October 29, 1927 in Kingston, Jamaica, to mother Iris Abraham and father Stanley Brown.
He was educated in Linstead, at Linstead College, where he became a master carpenter. He also taught carpentry and had several apprentices. He loved building houses, furniture, etc. But his favorite thing to build was stairs because to most people it was difficult, but to him it came easy.
PaPa lived life to the fullest. He loved his family, his friends, and of course his rum! He was jovial, kind, caring, giving, understanding, and patient. Anyone who he touched throughout his life knew it, number one being his wife Annette Brown, to whom he had been married for 60 years, raising their children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren and anyone in between.
PaPa Brown will be truly missed, leaving behind his wife Annette “MaMa” Brown; his seven children, Cedric, Clinton, Webster, Clifton, Denise, Clive, and Dian; six siblings, 40 grandchildren; 45 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews and friends.
*PIC* Bryan Swify
Bryan Swift was born in St. Louis, MO on September 29, 1958 to the union of John Bell, Sr. and Olivia Swift, who (along with his only child Kenneth Garrett) preceded him in eternal life.
Bryan resided in St. Louis, MO where he attended Gundlach Elementary School, Beaumont high School and later graduated Berkeley Sr. High School in 1977. At the early age of 11, Bryan professed his faith in Christ.
Bryan began his 32 year career in aerospace shortly after completing high school as part time standby employee for the McDonnell aircraft Company (now Boeing). He very quickly rose through the ranks working various jobs. His talents and potential were immediately recognized, and in June of 1982 took the position of inspector. MRB (Material Review Board), Inspector as well as Flight Safety Quality inspector were among the titles he held. With over 100 hours of quality technical training, Bryan’s positions assigned him the responsibility to ground any aircraft not prepared for sale to the U.S. Military, Commercial Airlines, and NASA.
When not working or spending time with his family he invested countless hours working with his vast collections of fast cars, locomotive city (custom built), comic books, pets, and fictional movie memorabilia, not to mention his own creative talents in carpentry to include building porches, decks, cabinets, room additions and showcases for his memorabilia.
Bryan had many loves, but none surpassed the love he had for his mother as well as the rest of his family, and words cannot express the love he had for his great nieces and nephews.
Bryan began his transition on January 29, 2011 and leaves to cherish his memory: seven sisters, Renee Bell of Chicago, IL, Kim Burns (Lamarr), Melody Hannah (Mark), and Zina Lindsey (Michael) all of St. Louis, MO, Sheila Bell of Des Plaines, IL, Ina Bell-Maze of Louisville, KY, Leala Bell-Knox (Joe) of Blue Mountain, MS; one sister preceded him in eternal life (Vicki Angela Harris); three brothers, John Bell, Jr. of Riverside, CA, Marlon Bell of Chicago, IL and Patrick Bell (Denise) of San Diego, Cap; one brother preceded him in eternal life (Keith Everett Swift); two aunts, Arlene Moore (Larry) of St. Louis, MO and Virginia Halliday (Doc) of Kona Kailua, Hawaii; nieces, nephews, great nieces, and nephews and a host of cousins and dear friends.
