Mr. Charles McCoy
Brown Sr. son of Bettie Adams Brown and the late Percy Brown, Sr., was born
February 18, 1938, in Wake County, North Carolina. He departed this life on
Wednesday, March 11, 1998. Charles completed his education at the James E.
Shepard High School. He served with the United States Army in the Airborne
Division as a Paratrooper. Mr. Brown was a well-known professional logger
in various counties. His bobbies included baseball, fishing, hunting,
providing care to his animals, and his strength was providing the love for
all children, and anyone else that needed that touch from him. Mr. Brown
was united with Christ at Stokes Chapel Baptist Church. He leaves to
cherish his memories: his wife, Thelma Pauline Brown of the home; onedaughter, Lisa Renee Brown of Charlotte, N.C.; three
sons, Charles McCoy Brown, Jr., Milton Earl Brown (Sherry, fiancee), and Reginald Lashaun Brown all of Charlotte,
N.C.; his mother, Bettie Adams Brown of Zebulon, N.C.; four sisters,
Florene Dusty of Temple Hill, Md., Suzette Chiles (Jimmy) of Mitchellville,
Md., Betty Faye Holden (Rogene) of Wendell, N.C.
and Ruth Angeline Yelverton of Zebulon, N.C. (one sister, Sophia
Beamon, receded
him in death); six brothers, Percy Brown, Jr. (Essie), Steve Brown(Melanie)
all of Raleigh, N.C., Johnnie Earl Brown, Ted Gray Brown (Valerie), Anthony
Ray Brown (Geraldine), and Jimmy Bridges (Sandra) all of Zebulon, N.C.;
four brothers-in-law, Lloyd Beamon of Randallstown, Md.; Wallace Jones
(Wilma) of Bronx, N.Y., Ernest Jones (Suzanna) of Wendell, N.C. and Milton
Jones of Zebulon, N.C.; six
sisters-in-law, Jennie Jane Woodbury of Bronx, N.Y., Bertha Jones of
Raleigh, N.C., Irene Jones, Channie Jones, Jane
Ellen Jones all of New York, N.Y. and Agnes Carol Robinson (Toney) of
Hollywood, Ca.; four maternal aunts; several nieces and nephews; and a host
of other relatives and many friends.
-The Family
