Davina Stevens Obituary

August 13, 2020

Jo-Anne Brewin wrote a sympathy message

“Hello! I'm so sorry for your loss. I've been searching Facebook hoping to find a Davina Stevens who lived in Fredericton in 1990 and worked at a gift shop there. [email protected].”

February 5, 2018

Dee Jay wrote a sympathy message

“I am truly sorry for your loss I can only imagine. Its a little scary and reminder how short life is. I don't know what took her way too soon but again to her parents and Doris I am truly sorry. This is more of a statement to Davina how I knew or felt of her but please do not let that take away from my condolences. I did not know much of her after our time of being acquainted many years ago. We lived in Fredericton on Albert street for a time when we crossed paths. I have no idea how she came to our home but I know I thought her the epitome of what a beautiful strong black woman should look and act like. I loved that she wore her natural hair and braided and styled..( maybe my bad memory..but I thought later she relaxed it..?). I loved her soft but strong voice. I loved her kind heart and good nature. I loved how she would guide not always with a caring hand her sister for she cared and loved her. I envied that Davina cared enough and wished maybe some of that would rub off to my siblings. I was in admiration of her and wished I could have told her how lovely she was. I was worried life would diminish or tarnish what I saw as a strong black self reliant woman. With time, new environment, experiences, new things and situations etc. I wanted not a thing to change but if there is anything guaranteed it is change. She was soft spoken to me and just a good and kind and lovely person to me. These are my recollections and memories and thoughts of her. As I write this I realize how just those brief months of knowing her being in her presence how she had an influence on me, affected me. I wish I had of been better at trying to connect years later. I have seen Doris again many years ago now again and not again since. When I first saw Davina I thought what beauty what true black beauty this is what it looks like. There is or was no one I knew who looked like that maybe foreign exotic look that transfixed me we were young but that had stayed with me the first time I saw someone of my own colour outside my own family. We never spoke frequently or any great length of time one on one but still I recall her well and was saddened when I had heard. To me she was a true natural beauty with rich mahogany skin, a naturally beautiful woman. She was kind to me and carried herself with dignity or pride I am unsure but it was alluring to me. I was as said young and impressionable, we were born the same year. I was young but it was the first time I had taken notice to a woman of beautiful colour and could see myself being represented and seen as attractive. I know looks are not all she was. I got from her a sense of being proud of who you are and she was true , as I knew her, to Her and gracious and lady like quiet and gentle but always saw a fierce black queen. I really admired how she cared about her sister Doris and tried to guide. I'm so sorry I have gone off course and probably repetitive and just babbling now so sorry. All I want to say is when I heard I was saddened more then I would have imagined even though I knew Davina for a short period of my life she had an effect she mattered With Sympathies..Debbie Nash”