Shahtekia La'taunna Brown

Shahtekia La'taunna Brown, 38, of Logan, WV departed this life Wednesday, January 26^th, 2022. She was born on May 23^rd, 1983, at Cabell Huntington Hospital in Huntington, WV to Marvin and Arlette (Matthews) Brown. She was preceded in death by one brother, Jermaine Brown; grandfather, Willie Rollins; grandfather, Willie Patton; great-grandparents, Mary, and Walter Brown.

Those left to cherish her loving memory includes her mother, Arlette Brown (Michael Tolliver); father, Marvin Brown; one daughter, Pierre Naomi Sherod; one brother, Alan Clark; one sister, Shahrekia Brown; one nephew, Za’Vaion Little; one niece, I’Yanna “Sissy” Vinson; grandmother, Ruth Brand; great-uncle, Cannonball; grandmother, Clemetine Rollins; special friends, Princa Knox and Germila Crawford; and a host of aunts, uncles, cousins, family, and friends.

A visitation will be held 11:00 am to 1:00 pm Friday, February 4^th, 2022, at Collins Funeral Home Chapel. Graveside services will follow the visitation with Pastor Rickey French officiating. Burial will be in Guyan Memorial Gardens. 

Arrangements have been entrusted to Collins Funeral Home Inc. of Switzer, WV.

“How can I tell my heart, that you have gone away, I want to make things right, but don’t know what to say, I am lonely and sad, I cannot believe you have gone, but others tell me to get over it, they say I must move on, but they don’t know how I feel, they would not know where to start, one minute I was happy, then my world was ripped apart, yes I need to mourn, and to do it my own way, to listen to my heart, and not what others say, yes there will be dark times, yes I will be sad, it will hurt me for a while, when I remember what we had, but time will heal my heart, time will ease the sorrow, it may not be today, it may not be tomorrow, yes there will be tears, I may scream and shout, I can’t lock the pain away, I have to let it out, true friends will stick by me, others may walk away, true friends will hold my hand, and listen to what I have to say, it’s my right to mourn, and to learn to deal with grief, it’s not what you see on the outside, but the way I feel underneath.”