Jabriell Brontez Smith

Jabriell Brontez Smith was born on Sunday, June 4,1995, to the late Keywine Robert West and Kineta Tasha Smith. He departed this life on Monday, May 27, 2019, after a motorcycle tragedy. Jabriell started his education at Phillip C. Showell Elementary School and went on to Long Neck Elementary School, and then graduated from Sussex Central High School in 2014. Jabriell was good at drawing, writing poems, skateboarding and riding bikes. Ever since Jabriell was three years old, he loved Hot Wheels cars so he got into cleaning people's cars and as he grew up, he started working on cars. Jabriell was a “jack of-all trades, but a master of none”. Jabriell's mother gave him the nickname Monkey because he would climb on everything and jump off with no fear. His Pop-Pop Terry and his uncle Huck gave him the nickname Bridaddy because he was such a cool little fella. When he was younger, he attended St. John 2nd Baptist Church and enjoyed going to Sunday School and singing with his pop-pop. One of his favorite songs that they enjoyed together was "When You See Me Walking Right". He also liked going to Vacation Bible School. Jabriell would not sugar coat his words, but would help anybody no matter what their needs were. Jabriell was preceded in death by his brother, Justin West; grandfather, Danny Andrews; father Keywine Robert West; great-grandmother, Grace Andrews; great-great grandmother, Dorothy Kelly; and two uncles, Gifford Hopkins and Fred Hopkins. Jabriell leaves to cherish his memory, his mother, Kineta Tasha Smith; one brother, Nasir Horsey; cousin/sister, Samira Smith; one sister, Neavah West; one daughter, Briella Smith; one son, Brayden Smith; mom-mom and pop-pop, Anette Nock and Valentino Terry Nock, great-grandmothers, Rosalie Handy and Bernice West; grandmother, Brenda Johnson; aunts, Caroletta Marshall, Vanessa Hagans, Tracy Hillard, Carolyn Bailey, Chasity West, Dale Shockley, Jana Mallory, and Violet Hopkins; uncles, Karmikus Smith, Termaine Belote, Keith West, Towan Mallory, Ernest Shockley, Billy Andrews, Nathaniel Handy and Gary Andrews; his faithful dog, Diesel; his friend of eight years, Amber Daisey; and a host of family and friends that loved him dearly.

Jabriell Brontez Smith

June 4, 1995 - May 28, 2019