Daryl Kirsten Brown

09/22/1965 - 10/08/2024

Rock Hill, SC — Mr. Daryl Kirsten Brown, of Rock Hill, peacefully passed away Tuesday

at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte at the age of 59.

The son of Jon Hardeman and the late Helen Easley-Davis, Mr. Brown, originally

Alonzo Easley, was born in Atlanta, GA at Crawford-Long Hospital on September 22nd,

1965. A product of adoption, his earthly angels, the late Simon Leon Brown and Janie

Mae Brown (née Richardson), adopted him in the year 1967 and relocated him to his

hometown of Columbus, Georgia. There, he was a resident of Swann Street in the Willis

Plaza subdivision, and participated in a myriad of sports, youth activities and both civic

and social organizations throughout the South Columbus area. He was a 1983 graduate

of William H. Spencer High School and obtained his B.S. degree in Urban Planning and

Development from Alabama A&M University in 1988.

Daryl worked diligently throughout his life, having worked his first job at 12

years old, being an honorably discharged veteran of the US Army (1LT), a former police

officer, correctional officer, fireman and EMT within the Columbus Consolidated

Government and Georgia Department of Corrections, and also other roles, most notably

security at the managerial and corporate level. One of the pinnacles of Daryl’s life was

his career as a professional boxer, finishing said-career with a record of 26-3. With

boxing being one of his lifelong passions (including music, golf, cigars and reading), he

continued training, coaching and refereeing in professional boxing throughout the

remainder of his life. He was also a dedicated member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity,

Inc., where he was initiated in the Delta Gamma Chapter in the spring of 1985.

Preceding him in death are his parents, Simon Leon and Janie Mae Brown, his

biological mother Helen Easley-Davis, and his dearest friends Kyle Stovall, Vincent

Kitchen, Leonard Wyatt, Sebastian Ingram, and Charles Middlebrooks.

Surviving his departure is his loving wife of 16 years, Radhia Magoma-Brown,

three sons, Kelsey Leon Brown, Malcolm Aziz McClenic and Jordan Akeem McClenic,

four sisters, Crystal Brown, Stacie Brown, Shawanda Martin and Cheryl Hardeman,

three brothers, Stanley Hardeman, Keith Hardeman and Bryant Walker, the Childs’

family, and a host of dear relatives, friends and acquaintances. Arrangements have been

entrusted with the McEwen Funeral Services at Sharon Park Memorial.