May 30, 2023
DARIN R. DRAKEFORD WAS BORN TO RONALD C. DRAKEFORD AND CAROL E. DRAKEFORD ON JULY 5, 1961, IN ENGLEWOOD, NEW JERSEY.
DARIN WAS AFFECTIONATELY CALLED "BEEBEE" AT AN EARLY AGE AND ATTENDED THE ENGLEWOOD PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. DARIN GRADUATED FROM DWIGHT MORROW HIGH SCHOOL IN 1979. HE PLAYED BASKETBALL AND FOOTBALL AND WAS KNOW AS THE "ICEMAN."
DARIN ATTENDED CHEYNEY UNIVERSITY IN CHEYNEY, PENNSYLVANIA. HE RELOCATED TO WASHINGTON, DC WHERE HE HAD TWO CHILDREN WITH ARETHA ALEXANDER. DARIN R. DRAKEFORD JR., AND MARLONDA ALEXANDER, DARIN EXCELLED AT CONSTRUCTION WORK. HE WAS KIND, FUNNY AND GENEROUS, JUST ASK COUSIN VAL.
DARIN WAS AFFECTIONATELY CALLED "BEEBEE" AT AN EARLY AGE AND ATTENDED THE ENGLEWOOD PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. DARIN GRADUATED FROM DWIGHT MORROW HIGH SCHOOL IN 1979. HE PLAYED BASKETBALL AND FOOTBALL AND WAS KNOW AS THE "ICEMAN."
DARIN ATTENDED CHEYNEY UNIVERSITY IN CHEYNEY, PENNSYLVANIA. HE RELOCATED TO WASHINGTON, DC WHERE HE HAD TWO CHILDREN WITH ARETHA ALEXANDER. DARIN R. DRAKEFORD JR., AND MARLONDA ALEXANDER, DARIN EXCELLED AT CONSTRUCTION WORK. HE WAS KIND, FUNNY AND GENEROUS, JUST ASK COUSIN VAL.
DARIN LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS MEMORY HIS CHILDREN SAMANTHA WOOTEN, DARIN R. DRAKEFORD JR. AND MARLONDA ALEXANDER; HIS MOTHER CAROL AKRIDGE AND PRESTON AKRIDGE; BROTHERS KEVIN R. DRAKEFORD AND ANDRE DRAKEFORD, HIS 13 GRANDCHILDREN; HIS NIECES AND NEPHEWS AND A HOST OF RELATIVES AND FRIENDS WHO WILL MISS HIM DEARLY.