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Alice Marie
Brown
January 18, 1938 – October 28, 2019
Alice Marie Brown, 81, of Wakefield, VA, transitioned peacefully to her heavenly home while at the Waverly Health Care & Rehabilitation Center on Monday, October 28, 2019. She was born January 18, 1938, to the late George L. Boykin, and Gracie Boykin Herndon in Southampton County, VA.
She was educated in the Southampton County Public School System and believed in the value of hard work which she instilled in her children. Alice was employed as a homemaker, a cook for the former Knights Cafe, Wakefield, VA, production supervisor for Sewage and Luggage, Petersburg, VA, and supervisor at Solo Optical, Colonial, Heights, VA.
Alice was a genuine, resilient, independent strong woman whose compassion was reading, listening to gospel, and caring for others.
She was preceded in death by her husband, the late Leaster M. Brown Sr.
Alice leaves to cherish her precious memories: five sons, Leaster M. Brown Jr. of Newport News, VA, Alonzo M. Brown (Christine) of Suffolk, VA, George L. Brown (Francine) of Copperas Cove, TX, Jeffery R. Brown (Lisa) of Raleigh, NC, and Ricky D. Brown (Michelle) of Dinwiddie, VA; four daughters, Jacquelyn Y. Brown, of Alexandria, VA, Marilyn M. Stringfield (Joseph), of Jacksonville, NC, Clarissa J. Love (Maurice) of Chester, VA, and Stephanie M. Chambliss (Garland) of Waverly, VA; nineteen grandchildren; eighteen great-grandchildren; and a host of relatives and friends.
Public Viewing will be Thursday, October 31, 2019, from Noon - 6:00pm. A Celebration of Life for Mrs. Brown will be Noon, Friday, November 1, 2019, at Ebenezer Baptist Church 10686 Ivor Road, Ivor, VA, Pastor Dionte Futrell, Pastor, Bishop Darren Gay, Eulogizing. Interment will follow at Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery.
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