Darlene Marilyn Harian

Darlene Marilyn Davis was born in San Diego California on November 5, 1938, to Johnnie Lee Davis. She was later adopted by Johnnie D. Byrd when he and Johnnie Lee married. She would go on to complete her primary education in the San Diego Unified School District. Darlene was a mother of four children when she married Clarence Harian in 1961, and two additional children were born from their union. The Navy relocated the family to Oakland, California, however following the dissolution of her marriage, she returned to San Diego with her children, and decided to go back to school. In 1970 she graduated from Lincoln Adult School, then Technical School in 1974, and eventually became an electronics assembler. Darlene worked at Pride Electronics, General Dynamics, and Loreal Conic, before retiring in 1994.

Darlene joined the Church of Christ of Spring Valley in 1980. She loved the Lord and she loved her church brethren. She was devoted to the fellowship, and as one of the longest serving members, she was honored to be known as a mother of the church. Darlene loved and encouraged the fellowship of her family as well. In 2009, Darlene, her mother and her sister began to meet for prayer every Saturday at her house. The meeting was lovingly titled “Porch Prayer,” and Darlene truly enjoyed the time spent with her family, seeking out the Lord. Darlene was preceded in death by her parents Johnnie D. and Johnnie Lee Byrd, Sr. her sister, Patricia Jane Byrd, her brother Johnnie D. Byrd, Jr., her son, Darryl K. Byrd, her great granddaughter, Serenity Imani Harian-Hodges, her nephew, Jonathan Green, and niece Larilynn Green.

Darlene continues to be loved by the members of the Church of Christ of Spring Valley, her children; Kathleen L. Byrd, Damon K. Byrd and his wife Sonya, Kimberly L. Bruce and her husband Michael, Karen L. Harian, Darrin K. Harian, Michelle Camba, Amy Wilson, Helen and Alfredo Vejar, her grandchildren; Jillian Harian-Harton, Jared Harian-Hodges, Kaylynn Harian, Christopher Byrd, Divine Osuigwe, and Dary’Elle Smith, her great-grandchildren; Asa Shaddai Harian, Zyairre Kayd Harian-Davis, Rowan Bryant Harian-Hodges, and Carolyn Jewel-Ann Maggard. She will be missed by her sister Judith Green Lecky, her nieces and nephews; Kellee Hill and her husband Calvin, Johnnie D. Byrd III, Jennifer Drake, and Graham Drake, her grand-nieces, Kellynn Hill, Sienna Byrd, Harlow Byrd, her great grand-nieces and nephews; Jordan Stewart, London Hill, Rome Hodges, Rise Hodges and many more family and friends who celebrate her life.