Mum-of-two found dead in bed just moments after sending daughter heart emoji
A mum-of-two was found dead in her bed just moments after sending her daughter a heart emoji.
Maxine Browne, 54, was discovered on December 10 at her home after it emerged her last ever text message was with her 28-year-old daughter Taniqa Browne.
The pair had exchanged texts, with Maxine replying with a heart emoji in her last-ever message.
When Maxine hadn't contacted anyone for three days her concerned family called in Staffordshire Police and officers smashed their way inside her home.
Maxine leaves behind her daughters - Taniqa and 35-year-old Terri-Anne - as well as grandchildren Harvey, 10, and Nevaeh, two.
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Taniqa told StokeonTrentLive : "When I knew that the police were smashing the door down, I knew then that she’d gone.
"She was peacefully asleep in bed. No struggle, no sign of her knowing, no sign of anything. The last time she spoke she was absolutely fine.
“My sister was already on the way. When she arrived, she could hear me in hysterics, it was confirmed before she’d gone upstairs.
"The smell was the same as our mum’s mum, when she passed away. The eerie feeling, the dread, was just confirmed. We were both with each other, we could console each other.
“We’ve got a lot to find out about how she was. She had ailments but she wasn’t ill enough to die.
"They were just little ailments and she was getting back on her feet. She’d prepared everything to go to work the next day. We can’t put anything to it.”
Maxine with her daughter Taniqa Browne (StokeSentinel)
Maxine loved to dance and listen to soul music (StokeSentinel)Maxine, from from Stoke, grew with five siblings and cared for her mum Beryl Browne before working with Changes, Hope Street Homeless Centre, Guardian Care, the Salvation Army, and Brighter Futures to help people fighting addictions, homelessness and mental health issues.
Taniqa added: “My mum had very good relationships with the people of Stoke-on-Trent. She was a character, she had an infectious laugh. The main thing that people will remember her by is that she called everybody ‘Pij’.
“She was very straight up, she wouldn’t take no rubbish and you always knew where you stood with her.
"Imagine dealing with people with a vulnerable background. You have to have a certain way about you to have people accept that help. She was able to relate to all of these people in her own special way.”
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She added her mum adored her grandchildren and loved her music.
Taniqa said: “Music and her grandkids is what she lived for. My son is an aspiring rapper. She had attended every single one of his performances, she’s been his biggest fan.
“It has been eye-opening since she’s passed. People are reaching out and saying where they remember her from, memories that we didn’t know. She definitely loved to dance and was in the party scene.
"Golden was the last place she went to, the old school people used to go to Golden, she was going even to her end.
“She was extremely bubbly, her presence was always known, you don’t meet her then forget meeting her.
"When she was laughing, she’d slap you on the arm, she’d make you feel relaxed. She was the bread and butter of the whole family. She is just unlike any other.”
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