Ms. Tamika Renee Howard

May 16, 1998 - December 17, 2021

Ms. Tamika Renee Howard, 23, affectionately known as "Mika" of Petersburg, Virginia, was granted her wings on Friday, December 17, 2021 in Crestview, Florida. Mika's life seemed short to many, but those of us who were blessed to be touched by her understand that the imprint she left on our hearts exceed the quantity of time she was with us on Earth. Tamika was born in Petersburg, VA to Bernard Sr. and Takeshia Howard on May 16, 1998. She attended the Petersburg City Public School System (Robert E. Lee & Peabody Middle School) and Dinwiddie County High School, Dinwiddie, VA. She was a proud graduate of the Dinwiddie High School Class of 2017. Mika was a hard worker and held many jobs. She was recently employed with Allied Universal Security and had recently decided to follow the footsteps of her sister, aunties, and deceased grandmother in the Medical Field as a Patient Care Tech with Care Advantage. Tamika was a people person who loved everyone she encountered with agape love. She enjoyed spending time with her family, especially her siblings whom she was very close to and her niece Jermira, who was her world. She also loved spending time with her cat Snowy. From a very young age, Mika enjoyed dressing up, doing her hair and always had a pair of eyelashes to enhance her beauty. Mika gave her life to Christ and was baptized at New Divine Worship Center, Petersburg, VA where she loved singing in the choir and fellowshipping with her church family. Mika's affectionate and contagious smile and pure heart will be missed by all those that she encountered. She was preceded in death by her paternal grandmother whom she loved dearly, Beulah Jones; paternal grandfather, Lawrence Jones, Sr.; brother, Bernard Jones, Jr.: uncles, Lawrence Jones, Jr. and Robert Dabney; great-aunts, Elizabeth Howard, Clara Bland and Alice Ridley and great-uncle, Charles "Ray" Thorpe. Tamika leaves to cherish many memories her husband, Juwan Bowen of Crestview, Florida; parents, Bernard Sr. and Takeisha Howard; grandparents, Joan Howard and Horace Howard, Sr. (Diane); three loving sisters, Charlissa Knight (Martin), Nikki Howard-Jordan (John) and Katrina Howard; three protective brothers, Montrey Howard, her twin Jermaine Howard and devoted special bonus brother, Patrick Washington; nieces, Jermira Howard, Sharmia and Shamiyah Rhodes; nephews, Keyon and Keonte Rhodes; aunts, among them a devoted, special aunt and her pastor, Pastor Belinda Baugh, Judy Jones, Pamela Jones, Linda Dabney, Sandra Dabney, Concordia Dabney, Lakeshia Gee, Horacia Harper (Tone) and Charni Howard; uncles, Wayne Dabney, Travis Howard and Horace Howard, Jr.; cousins, among them a devoted and special cousin, Ashley Jones, Antonio Jones, Sr., Jamaal Jones, Dominique Byrd, Ebony Rhodes, Jokayla Bugg, Antonio Jones, Jr., Micheal Jones, Hasan Law, Derion Law, Tyrome Howard, Tyree Howard, Tone Howard and Shanisa Howard; great-aunts, Truemiller Howard, Irene Bland, Criss Thorpe (Joyce), Alma Manson, Laura Brooks, Betty Link and Shirley Robinson (Raymond); great-uncles, James Thorpe, Andrew Thorpe (Helen), Fred Howard (Annette), Herbert Howard and James Howard; extended bonus family that took her in with open arms, April Staton, Jarshatrah Staton and Deidre Keys; and two special friends, Takira Creighton and Lashay Yates. A Celebration of Life will be held Saturday, January 8, 2022 at 1:00 P.M. at Faith & Hope Temple Church of God in Christ, 1800 E. Washington St., Petersburg, VA. Pastor Belinda Baugh of New Divine Worship Center, Petersburg, VA will officiate and Rabbi Patrick N. Washington will eulogize. Interment will follow at Blandford Cemetery, 319 S. Crater Rd., Petersburg, VA. The service will be live streamed. Public viewing will be Friday, January 7, 2022 from 10:00 A.M. - 8:00 P.M. Final Care and Compassionate Services are being provided to the family by the professional staff of Tucker & Fisher Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 415 Halifax St., Petersburg, VA (804)324-5529.