ORDER OF SERVICE
Pastor Frances Teabout
St. Baptist Church, 525 Braham Hall Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07305
OFFICIANT
Musical Prelude
Processional..............................................................................................
Welcome ............................................................. Pastor Frances Teabout
Scripture Readings ....................................................................................
Old Testament: Psalm 46 ................................................ Jeff Riddick
New Testament: John 14:1-6 ................................ Kamden Coleman
Prayer of Comfort ...................................................... Pastor Zena Booker
Prepare Ye The Way of the Lord Ministries
A Musical Dedication to My Father .............................. Jazzmiah Watkins
"The Battle Is Not Yours"
Obituary Reading & Acknowledgements ......................Lloyd Underwood
A Salute To A Life Well Lived .............................................. Jimmy Jenkins Ed Bright Frantz Pierre-Louis
Other Family & Friends
A Tribute To Our Brother Beverly Rogers & Kenneth Coleman
ACTIVE PALLBEARERS
Jimmy Jenkins
Dwayne Smalls
Landis Strickland
Jeffrey Hines
Muhammed Bell
Hakim Bell
Omar Jones
David Jones
Maleek McKnight
Maurice McKnight
Kamden Coleman
Kyle Coleman
Jonathan Edwards
FLOWER GIRLS
Charmelita Royster
Melody Edwards
Tasha Hogan
Atahya McKnight
Musical Selection Atahya McKnight
Message of Comfort ..................... Reverend Keith Howell, Senior Pastor The Sancitified Church
Benediction ......................................................... Pastor Frances Teabout
Interment
Wednesday, May 8, 2024 - 10:00am Bayview Cemetery, Jersey City, NJ
Mia McKnight
Monet McKnight
Angela Barnett
Aniyah Fluellen
Annette Legette
HONORARY PALLBEARERS
Omar Joseph
Ronnie Dortch
Lloyd Underwood
Ray Howell
Marshall Heath
Hallice Cook
Franz Pierre-Louis
The entire Sports U family and alumni
Dwayne Legette
Anthony Legette
Greg Harmon
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The family of Brian Coleman deeply appreciates the expressions of love, concern, kindness and support during this difficult time. We thank you for the visits, phone calls, emails, texts, social media posts and EVERYTHING! We offer special thanks to Dr. Devarajan P. Iyengar, Dr. Lawrence E. Harrison, Dr. Alessio Pigazzi and their entire medical teams for their loving care for Brian. Additionally, we thank the staff at Carepoint Bayonne Medical and Morristown Medical Centers for their support.
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Brian Keith Coleman was born on March 16, 1971 at Margaret Hague Hospital in Jersey City, NJ. He departed this earth peacefully surrounded by his family on April 29, 2024 at Morristown Medical Center. “BK”, as he was known, graduated from St. Mary High School in Jersey City and very early recognized the importance of technology by selecting the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) to attend college.
Brian loved his music. From his early days of creating his own music studio in his bedroom; to creating the hip-hop classic, Not Gonna Be Able To Do It , music has always been an important part of his life. BK co-founded the legendary Jersey City group, Double X Posse, who went on to produce multiple albums. A music producer at heart, he produced several hit records for popular music artists like Naughty by Nature, Keisha Cole, Jaheim and others. He was still working on new music right up until his final days.
Sports was Brian’s way of learning and teaching life lessons. He was a two-sport star athlete in high school playing both basketball and baseball and furthered his basketball playing career at NJIT. To give back to the youth, he began coaching youth basketball at St. Patricks School in Jersey City and later was an assistant coach at St. Anthony High School in Jersey City. Following that, Brian became an assistant coach at Roselle Catholic High School. He later cofounded the national AAU basketball program Sports University / Team Izod. Brian helped more than 100 kids achieve their dream of college through basketball and coached 13 future NBA players.
Brian loved his family. He was preceded in death by his parents, Robert Earl and Mary Coleman. Brian is survived by his daughter Jazzmiah Watkins of Hillside, NJ; his fiancé, Keresa and their children Atahya, Maleek, Mia, Monet and Maurice McKnight all of Jersey City; his sister, Beverly Rogers (Willie) of Durham, NC; his brother, Kenny Coleman (Prentiss) of Atlanta, GA; his nieces Charmelita Royster of Durham NC, Melody Edwards of St. Mary’s, GA and Safiya Parker of Mitchellville, MD; his nephews Landis Strickland of Durham, NC, Jonathan Edwards of St. Mary’s, GA, Kamden Coleman of Atlanta, GA and Kyle Coleman of Atlanta, GA; One special grandbaby, Aniyah Fluellen and a host of special family and friends.
