Funeral services for Rev. Lonnie Brown, Jr. will be held Tuesday, October 1, 2013 at 12:00 at the Magnolia Baptist Church in Montezuma with Rev. Hosie Waters officiating. Burial will follow at Brown Chapel Baptist Church.
Reverend Lonnie Brown, Jr. was the fifth child born to the late Reverend Lonnie Brown, Sr. and the late Mrs. Annie Ruth Whitfield Brown on March 13, 1955 in Marshallville, Macon County, Georgia. He was a 1973 graduate of Macon County High School, Montezuma, Georgia. After high school, Lonnie enlisted in the United States Navy and served his country honorably for three years. Later, he attended Fort Valley State University.
Lonnie was united in Holy matrimony to Shirley Thomas Brown in 1973. To this union, three children were born: Lonnie III, Derrick and Brian.
Reverend Brown was an ordained minister. He was active with the Prison Ministry and served faithfully as the Associate Pastor of Brown Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, where he ministered the word of God and served on Visitation, Counseling and Mentoring Ministries.
Lonnie retired from Weyerhaeuser, Inc. after thirty-one years. He was a skilled electrician as well as an avid fisherman and hunter. He loved his family and was a passionate supporter of the Macon County football teams and Booster Club.
Rev. Lonnie Brown, Jr. departed this life Friday, September 27, 2013 at the Medical Center of Central Georgia, Macon, Georgia. He was preceded in death by his father, Reverend Lonnie Brown, Sr., his mother, Mrs. Annie Ruth Whitfield Brown, a sister, Ruth Ann Jordan, and a brother, Tyrone Brown.
Left to cherish his memory are three sons: Lonnie Brown III (Pamela) of Macon, Georgia, Derrick Brown of Oglethorpe, Georgia and Brian Brown of Atlanta, Georgia; their mother, Shirley Thomas Brown of Macon, Georgia; siblings: Reverend Bobby J. Brown, Sr. (Flora), Reverend Ruben Brown (Crystal) of Fort Valley, Georgia, James Brown (Treny) of Montezuma, Georgia, Donald Brown and Teresa Brown Hannor of Oglethorpe, Georgia and Rodney Brown of Montezuma, Georgia; sister-in-law, Dorothy Brown of Montezuma, Georgia; aunts and uncles: Dollie L. West, David Larry and Willie Thomas of Montezuma, Georgia, Billy Journey (Delores) of Atlanta, Georgia, Annie C. Thomas, Evelyn Thomas and Eddie Will Thomas, Sr. of Oglethorpe, Georgia, Annie B. Thomas, Eddie Wilborn and Geneva Wilborn of Los Angeles, California, Arma Jean Smith and Albert Thomas, Jr. of Boston, Massachusetts, Margie Thomas of Florida, Thurman Smith of Ducksbury, Massachusetts; great aunts: Mary Lizzie Brown of Marshallville, Georgia, Bernice Brown of Miami, Florida and Ophelia Larry of Henderson, Georgia; a host of niece, nephews and other loving relatives and friends.