When great trees fall,
rocks on distant hills shudder,
lions hunker down
in tall grasses,
and even elephants
lumber after safety.
When great trees fall
in forests,
small things recoil into silence,
their senses
eroded beyond fear.
When great souls die,
the air around us becomes
light, rare, sterile.
We breathe, briefly.
Our eyes, briefly,
see with
a hurtful clarity.
Our memory, suddenly sharpened,
examines,
gnaws on kind words
unsaid,
promised walks
never taken.
Great souls die and
our reality, bound to
them, takes leave of us.
Our souls,
dependent upon their
nurture,
now shrink, wizened.
Our minds, formed
and informed by their
radiance, fall away.
We are not so much maddened
as reduced to the unutterable ignorance of
dark, cold
caves.
And when great souls die,
after a period peace blooms,
slowly and always
irregularly. Spaces fill
with a kind of
soothing electric vibration.
Our senses, restored, never
to be the same, whisper to us.
They existed. They existed.
We can be. Be and be
better. For they existed.
― Maya Angelou
Dionna Browne-Findlay
DIONNA DIANA BROWNE-FINDLAY of Seaman’s Village, Britton’s Hill, St. Michael entered peacefully into rest on September 1st, 2020. Attorney at Law & Educator, Secretary of BNSI, Member of the Bar Association, NUPW, The Barbados Labour Party, 2009 St. Michael Parish Ambassador.
Daughter of Andrea Browne and Keith Findlay.
Stepdaughter of Ronald Gregoire.
Aunt of Azaryah Davis, Jaquan and Umoja Seale.
Goddaughter of Paula Brancker.
Godmother of Micah Warner.
Sister of Roxanne Seale, Amanda, Amando and Julia Browne.
Granddaughter of Coral Clarke, Teresa Brancroft, the late Beresford Forde and Aubery Smart.
Niece of Stephen Brancroft, Errol, Margaret, Sonia, Sammy, Trevor, Willard Browne and Carlos Clarke, Claudette, Ricky, Todd and Wayne Forde and Alison Holder.
Cousin of Marion, Shakira, Shakeita, Shamar, and Shavon Browne, Arilyn Greene, Dawndru and Gillian Holder, Jo-Ann Marshall and others.
Relative of the Bancroft, Bushell and Greenidge (Foul Bay), Findlay (St. Vincent), Gittens, Johnson, Massiah, Nichols, Payne and Walton families.
Friend of Tracee Albert, Kellyann Beepat, Kym Best, Ryan Brathwaite, Michelle Carter, Mosiah Hoyte, Harry Husbands, Kimberley King, Rachelle Mayers, George Payne (MP), Cherise Rock, Jennifer Sealy, Xavier Warner, Kori Yearwood, the Kings, Mottleys, Rocks (Trinidad), Thornes and Thornhills.
A Celebration of the life of Dionna Dianna Browne-Findlay will take place on Friday, September 18th, 2020, at the Chapel, Coral Ridge Memorial Gardens. Tributes will begin at 9:30 am, followed by the service at 10:00 am. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Lupus Foundation will be greatly appreciated. No mourning colours.
The family invites you to view the service via live streaming; to view, please click here
Date
- Sep 18 2020
- Event Finished
Time
- 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Local Time
- Timezone: America/New_York
- Date: Sep 18 2020
- Time: 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Location
- Coral Ridge Memorial Gardens, Barbados