Mrs. Shawnna Marie Brissett Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Life and Legacy Shawnna Marie Brissett was born on April 27, 1982 in Detroit, Michigan to Larry, Sr. and Lenora Strange, she was the second oldest of four children. Larry Strange, Sr. preceded her in death. Shawnna invited Christ into her heart and was baptized at an early age. Early on, Shawnna expressed her gift for the arts. She was artistic, creative and talented. From a young age she was captivated by all art forms of dance including ballet, modern, and cultural. She would rewind and replay recordings of Michael Jackson dancing videos for hours until she mastered each dance step. Shawnna also studied the clarinet and loved ice skating. Shawnna graduated from Oak Park Academy High School and went on to study at Wayne State University. In her early adulthood, Shawnna became a youth leader at her home church and Praise dance instructor. She began choreographing, teaching, and performing Praise dance productions during Sunday services at her home church, other congregations, as well as at special events. Shawnna was also a great orator. She became a member of Cypha, a gospel rap group, where she declared her love for God and shared her personal testimony through powerful poetic spoken word and performances. Shawnna met her husband Neil Brissett in 2007 and took a leap of faith on love, and they were united in marriage on June 09, 2009. Shawnna always wanted a big family and God granted her request. Although experiencing a miscarriage early in her first pregnancy, God granted Shawnna and Neil five beautiful children, four sons, Elias, 12 years old, Isaiah, 11 years old, Joshua, 9 years old, and Nathaniel, 7 years old, and completed their family with their daughter, Eve, 4 years old. She cherished her babies and family time. Shawnna loved to travel, enjoying trips to Disney World, Niagara Falls, and Hawaii with her family. As a wife and mom of five, Shawnna balanced her family life with two careers, as a dental assistant and a top producing realtor working closely with her husband in real estate. Shawnna was a woman after God’s own heart, she sought guidance from the Lord in everything she did. Loved ones that will continue to celebrate Shawnna’s life and legacy include her husband Neil, her five children, Elias, Isaiah, Joshua, Nathaniel and Eve, her mother, Lenora Strange, siblings Chanel Lorraine, Larry, Jr. and Krystal Brittany, nieces and nephews, Cierra, Aubrey, Kendricks, Carlos and wife Nicole, Paulicia, Paul jr, and a host of other nieces and nephews, grandmother, Bernice Strange, aunts and uncles, Denise Sawyer, Darrick and Paullette Strange, William and Lorraine Thorton, Joe and Pamela Gordon, Kerry and Janet Strange, Mark and Fatima Strange, Michael and Rosemarie Montgomery, Henry and Joe Ann McClenic, Michael and Lynette Black, Nate and Tonya Allen, Andrew and Linda Thomas, dozens of cousins, friends, and family in the body of Christ.

Mrs. Shawnna Marie Brissett

April 27, 1982 - October 28, 2023