Karena Larissa Broaden

Karena Larissa Broaden, was born on March 5, 1973, to Robert Lous Broaden, Jr. and Nancy S. Broaden in Sheffield, AL. She confessed Christ as her Lord and Savior at an early age.

Karena was a kind, caring, and giving person who always put the needs of her family and others before her own.

She will be missed deeply by everyone whose lives she touched. Karena was a graduate of Sheffield High School, Class of 1991. She furthered her education in Early Childhood Education at Shoals Community College.

Karena was preceded in death by her father: Mr. Robert Lous Broaden, Jr.; grandparents: Mack and Nancy Stalling and Robert Broaden, Sr. and Addie and Dave Welch; aunts: Mary S. Armstead and Mary K. Armstead; and uncle; Joe L. Williams.

She is survived by her loving mother: Nancy S. Broaden, Sheffield, AL; sister: Karla D. Broaden, Sheffield, AL; special friend: Melvin Jackson, Tuscumbia, AL; aunts: Josie M. Stalling, Sheffield, AL, Barbara Freeman, Florence, AL, Faye (Grady) Thompson, Albany, GA; great aunt: Henrietta McGhee, Indiana, IN; and adopted aunts: Catherine (Louis) Acklin, Annie Pearl Williams, Muscle Shoals, AL, Cherlyn Martin; uncle: Thomas Armstead, Sr. Ollie (Ann) Underwood; special children: Mia Josey, Arielle Owens, Zacaria Armstead, Braylon Armstead, Jeremiah Gholston, Madisyn Armstead, Aliyah Armstead, Xylenah Josey, Andrew Bothwell, Jr., Amani Bothwell, and a host of other family and friends.

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