Alicia Michelle Givens

Alicia Michelle Givens, 41 was born July 8, 1983, in Washington, D.C. She received her heavenly wings and entered eternal rest and peace on Tuesday, November 12, 2024. She was raised in Waverly, Virginia and was a proud graduate of Sussex Central High School. Alicia was a top performer who earned salutatorian honors of her Class of 2001. She received many scholarship opportunities and chose to major in Computer Science at North Carolina A&T University where she was a member of the Golden Key International Honor Society. Alicia remained in close contact with several of her high school and college classmates over the years. She accepted employment with Bank of America’s Information Technology Department upon graduation from college. With 18 years of service, Alicia served in various roles ranging from IT Specialist, Team Lead, Supervisor, and Manager. Alicia was committed to being the best mother and focused on making positive memories with her family and friends.

Alicia’s legacy lives on through her beloved son, Darelle Taylor who has the steadfast support of his father Robert Taylor (Jasmine) and 5 siblings, Devyn, Dylan, Darren, Dana, and Demar of Maryland. Alicia is also loved and revered by other members of her immediate family which includes her father, Julius Givens, her brother Dr. Julius Edwards-Hamlin (Shaundell), sister Anteevia Givens, stepbrother Charles Clark Jr (Chanelle), and stepsister Christine Jones (Jared); as well as her nieces and nephews, Ja’Khi, Tre’zure, Nicholas, and Juliana.

She was preceded in death by her mother, Kathleen Hamlin Clark; stepfather Charles Clark Sr; paternal grandfather, Charlie Givens; her maternal grandfather Clarence Clanton; maternal grandmother Katherine Hamlin; aunt: Jennie Drew, Joan Wyche; uncles: Micheal Givens and Calvin Clanton; great uncle: Garland Hamlin; and great aunts, Patricia Davis and Shirley Everett, A special thanks to the team of medical professionals from VCU Health, HCA Virginia, Bon Secours, Richmond Nephrology Associates, DaVita Dialysis, Select Specialty Hospital, and Canterbury Rehab & Healthcare Center, who provided Alicia with varying levels of care.
Alicia wanted to thank all other family and friends who called, lifted her in prayer, left messages, and/or stopped by to see her. In addition, Alicia was appreciative of several key Bank of America coworkers and the small group of family and friends whom she chose to inform about her condition and whom she chose to allow them to frequently visit and take care of her daily personal needs; Julius and Shaundell Hamlin, Kim Logan, LaSaundra Logan, Tracey Hart, Tim Saunders, Chris Holloway, Marjorie Hash, Dean Conwell, and Shawnequa Alston.

Alicia will also be dearly missed by her grandmother, Alice Givens; aunts: Gwendolyn Turner (Nathaniel), Nancy Burrow, Antionette Hamlin; uncles: Kevin Givens (Terri), George Porter (Nancy), Robert Porter (Katrina); great aunts: Joyce Teasley (Robert), Jean Reynolds, Lenora McQueen, Doris Hamlin, Joe Givens; Dorothy Irby, Valerie Clanton; great uncles: Ernest Jones (Netra), Vernon Jones (Queen), Moses Jones (Robin), and Sam Jones, as well a host of cousins, friends, coworkers, neighbors, classmates, adopted family, and countless people who had the pleasure of knowing her.

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The Celebration of Life service will be held at Mimms Funeral Home Chapel on Saturday, November 23rd promptly at 3:30 PM.

Family and friends are asked to arrive by 3 PM to greet one another. The program will be live streamed on the Mimms website for those who cannot make it in-person. The memorial program will start promptly at 3:30 PM. There will not be a repast after the program.

Feel free to wear something purple. The program will provide opportunities for reflections (2-minute limit).

In lieu of flowers, please feel free to donate to calciphylaxis research in memory of Alicia M. Givens:

https://giving.massgeneral.org/donate?re_fund=230667&is_designation=1&designation=Calciphylaxis%20Research.
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