Louise Brown

Louise Brown, 94, of Dacula, GA passed on Wednesday, October 4, 2023. Celebration of Life Services will be held on Saturday, October 14, 2023 9:00 AM at our Gwinnett Chapel, 914 Scenic Hwy Lawrenceville, GA 30045. Visitation will be held Friday, October 13, 2023 from 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM at our Gwinnett Chapel, 914 Scenic Hwy Lawrenceville, GA 30045. Please express your condolences here on our website. Services entrusted to Gregory B. Levett & Sons Funeral Home, Gwinnett Chapel, 914 Scenic Hwy Lawrenceville, GA 30045. Louise Brown was born on October 31, 1928, in Lagrange, Georgia. An only child, Louise’s parents were Daisy and John Douglas Cameron. Even though Louise was an only child, she was surrounded by many cousins and childhood friends. Louise grew up in the church. She sang in the choir and sometimes led the choir. In later years, you could hear Louise singing the hymns that she loved around the house. At the age of 15, Louise’s parents moved up north to Harlem, New York to an area known as Sugar Hill. Louise attended the High School of Commerce. As time passed, Louise would travel back and forth from New York to Atlanta where she visited family and friends. On a visit back to Atlanta, Louise attended a church function where a young Martin Luther King Jr was a speaker. At the church function, Louise met her future husband, Warren Rodolphus Brown. After courting for a while, the two became engaged and later married. That union grew and from their marriage they were blessed with eight children, seven boys and one girl. These children are Ronald (Butch), Warren Jr., George, Deborah, Robert, and Eric. The Browns had a very lively household. Louise and Warren raised their children for a while in Harlem, New York. However, in 1964, the Browns brought a home in Laurelton, Queens. After living in Laurelton, Queens, the last two children, Darryl and Sidney were born. Although Louise was a stay-at-home mom for most of her marriage, in 1960 she started working for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) as a stenographer for Roy Wilkins. Louise also worked in the legal department during the height of the Civil Rights movement as a legal stenographer. In 1968, Louise left the NAACP and started a position at Health Insurance Plan (HIP) as an Executive Secretary to the Vice President. Louise worked for HIP until 1973. In 1975, Louise started her last job working for the N.Y.S Department of Corrections. In 1979, she was eventually promoted from working in the jail to the Harlem State Office building. At the Harlem State Office Building, Louise became the Secretary to the Deputy Commissioner of Corrections. Louise worked for Corrections from 1975-1990, where she retired. Louise lived in Queens, New York for most of her life. However, in 2011, Louise moved to Atlanta along with her daughter Deborah and her daughter’s children where she became a citizen of Dacula, Georgia. Since moving back to Atlanta, Louise had joined the AARP and had her own column in the newsletter entitled “I’m just saying ……”. She started a blog entitled “Weezie’s Word” and had two shopping websites that she started. She was an avid reader. Some of her hobbies were crossword puzzles, word search puzzles and watching Wheel of Fortune. A woman of faith, Louise joined Christ the King Church in 2012. It was this faith that got her through the death of 3 of her sons. She is preceded in death by her sons, Ronald, George, and Eric. A praying mother, Louise was always in constant prayer for her 5 remaining children, 16 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and 1 great, great- grandchild. Family was everything to her and if you messed with her family, watch out. To some she was Louise, to most she was Ma, to her granddaughter Wendy she was Weezie but to all she was loved. We love you and will miss you greatly. Rest in paradise.

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Louise Brown

October 31, 1928 - October 4, 2023