Kareem

McKinney-Garcia

KAREEM JAVIER MCKINNEY GARCIA OF GULF BREEZE, FLORIDA, PASSED AWAY ON SEPTEMBER 5TH, 2026.  KAREEM JAVIER WAS BORN ON JANUARY 12TH, 2003, IN QUEENS, NEW YORK.

KAREEM WAS A JROTC PARTICIPANT ALL 4 YEARS OF HIGH SCHOOLCAREER AND ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY TO BEGIN HIS SERVICE AS A GUNNER’S MATE. KAREEM WAS A PROUD SAILOR AND HAD DREAMS OF BUILDING HIS CAREER AND RETIRING FROM THE MILITARY.

KAREEM LOVED CARS, ANIME, MUSIC AND,THE OCEAN.  HE WAS A GIFTED MECHANIC AND ENJOYED FIXING HIS 2015 FORD EXPLORER HE LOVINGLY NAMED SHANIYAH.  HE SPENT MUCH OF HIS TIME EXPLORING BEACHES, WATCHING SUNSETS WHILE TALKING TO ONE OF HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY.

KAREEM WILL BE WELCOMED BY HIS MATERNAL AND FRATERNAL GRANDPARENTS, PAULA AND RAFAEL GARCIA, GERALD AND IRIS MCGRIFF. 

HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS PARENTS, UHURA GARCIA, DARELL MCGRIFF AND KAREEM MCKINNEY. HIS SISTERS, DAMANI, FAITH, SOLIEL, JOSEPHINE, AND AZIZA. MANY AUNTS, UNLCES, COUSINS AND LOYAL FRIENDS.  HE ALSO LEAVES BEHIND HIS BELOVED DOG WHO HE FREQUENTLY REFERRED TO AS HIS SON, MEGATRON JOHNQUATAVIS DEMARCUS MCGRIFF GARCIA

IN LIEU OF FLOWERS: DONATE TO THE DEDICATION FUND FOR THE INSTILLMENT OF A BENCH IN THE NAVARRE FLORIDA BEACH FRONT, NAVARRE CHAMBER FOUNDATION.ORG, CHOOSE NBACOC FOUNDATION.