Deborah A. Brown 1948-2021
YOUNGSTOWN — Deborah Ann Johnson Brown, 73, of 2102 Stewart Ave., Youngstown, departed this life at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021, at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital following a cardiac arrest.
She was born Aug. 8, 1948, in Youngstown, the daughter of William and Louise Jones Johnson.
Deborah was employed with Gateway to Better Living for 15 years as a caregiver before retiring in 2019. She also worked at AT&T as a phone operator, retiring in 2004. She graduated from East High School in 1966 and from Youngstown State University in 2006 with an associate degree in hospitality management.
She was a member of the Fellowship Church of God in Christ, where she was a District Missionary and chairwoman of the hospitality committee.
She leaves to mourn one son, Robert VanCeil (Earline) Owens of Youngstown; two brothers, Bill (Susan) Johnson of Naperville, Ill., and Tyrone (Cassandra) Johnson of Youngstown; two sisters, Mrs. Lynette (John) Taylor of Youngstown and Mrs. Denise Parnell (Bernard) Jackson of Youngstown; three grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and a host of relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents; one daughter, Ms. Sonya Renee Owens; and one brother, Gerald Johnson.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021, with calling hours from 10 to 11 a.m. at the Fellowship Church of God in Christ. Masks are required and social distancing will be upheld.
Burial will take place in Tod Homestead Cemetery.
Arrangements of comfort were handled by the Sterling-McCullough Williams Youngstown Funeral Home.
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