Brenda C. Reddick was born in Bluefield, West Virginia to the union of Samuel Hairston and Ethel (McDowell) Hairston.  She is the youngest of nine children born to this union.

Brenda started her early education in Virginia attending the Jones Street Grammar School.  She then moved to Boston, Massachusetts with her family as a young teen and attended the Boston High School for Girls.

Brenda accepted Christ at an early age, and she was an active member of her church Pleasant Hill Baptist.

Brenda was married to Arthur L. Cain from 1958 to 1979.  She later married Sgt. Paul Reddick and lived a very happy life until his departure in 2017.

She had various jobs in her life which included working for the Boston School Department as a teacher's aide, Daycare Centers as an assistant with the children and she worked for the MBTA driving buses around the Boston area.

She is predeceased by her son Arthur L. Cain (Sherry Cain) of Atlanta, GA and daughter Sandra D. Cain.

Brenda is survived by her brother Delano Hairston of Georgia, her daughters Cartrenia Cain-Simon (William B. Simon) and Wanda Cain-Minsy (Fereando Minsy) both of Boston, MA.  10 grandchildren and a loving host of great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends.