The family of Erica "Ricky" Antoinette Benjamin-Donovan announces her passing on Monday, 4th March, 2024.

Erica was a native of St. Thomas and a resident of Fort Lauderdale, Florida.  She attended the

Erica's early education began at the Edith William School, the former James Madison School, and she also attended the St. Peter and Paul Catholic School and Charlotte Amalie High School. She completed her secondary education at Laurinburg in North Carolina and later graduated with a degree from Queens Borough Community College in New York. She was a member of the Helen Sebastian's Majorette group and the Charlotte Amalie St. Thomas Lions Club. Her career employment included West Indian Company Limited (WICO), St. Peter and Paul High School, and the Department of Education- Business Office.

She is preceded in death by her mother Sonia Herbert and father Eric Benjamin, and grandparents Rosa and Hugo Herbert.

She is survived by her husband, Clifton "Dono" Donovan; Children, Allison Henry Jr., Cahile, Cahmal, Cahliyah, and Cahlaijah Donovan; Stepson, Cordell Donovan; Adopted Daughters, Lorena Stevens-Tollison and Lajhuan Sprauve; Grandchildren, Armani Dossou, Kamari Donovan, Cai Donovan, Ava Henry; Adopted Grandchildren, Lamarr Lanclos, Loronda and T'Arah Hughes and Jakylon Hopkins; Daughter-in-Law, T'Keyah Henry; Aunts, Rita, Sheila, Nelsa, Denise, Julie Benjamin; Uncles, Joel, Lionel, Errol Benjamin and John Degout; Adopted Mothers, Gracia Stevens, Carmen Matthew, Sheila Manners, Marina Stout; Adopted Nieces and Nephews,Naqan, Naquasha and Nnaliyah Lewis, Abigail Scatliffe, Mashama, Ashaki and Latrae Powell; Mother-in-Law, Keturah Donovan-Smith; Sisters-in-Law, Joyce Walker, Janice Donovan, Judith Turnbull, Elaine Lynch and Edris Todman; Brothers-in-Law, Ralph and Clement Donovan; Adopted Brothers, Albert "Pops" Stevens, David "Davie" Stout, Eric Creque, Elton George; Best Friend and Adopted Sisters, Alexandrine "Claudine" Miller, Augusta Mathurin, Sharon George, Avril Hodge-Rawlins; Special Friends, Vivian Nedd, Brunilda Castro, Beverly Jenning, Raymond "Ray" Frett, and Donna Phillip, Clinton Farrington and Frankie St. John; Special Cousins, Lorna and Lornette Stevens, Stacy Creque, Byron "Cunchie" George, Joy Wheatley, Diana Stevens, Merander Stevens, Deshaun Smith, Elton George, Shanika and Shauna George, Norma Creque, Berton Creque, John and Yazmine Degout, Cheryl Harrigan, Susan George, Kim Brown, Raymond Chesterfield, Andrea Smith, Kamilah Donadelle, Stephanie Moore, Euranice Chesterfield, Lesa Rhymer, Richard Creque, Rosie and Rose Jones, Judie Gomez, and Antoinette "Cherie" Gomez

The Rhymer, Creque, Harrigan, Sprauve, and Stevens families of Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands, and other relatives and friends too numerous to mention residing in St. Thomas, Virgin Gorda, Tortola, and Florida.