Barbara Brown

BROWN, Ms. Barbara Jean - Age 62; passed Thursday, January 31, 2008 at Canterbury on the Lake Waterford. Family hour 10:30a.m. Wednesday, February 6, 2008 from the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 268 N. Perry St., with funeral service commencing immediately at 11a.m. Pastor Kone' Bowman, officiating. Interment Perry Mount Park Cemetery, 878 N. Perry St. Friends an pallbearers will assemble at the funeral home 10:30a.m. Wednesday. Ms. Brown will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, and may be viewed from 3-8p.m. Tuesday. We pause to reflect on the life and pay tribute to the memory of Barbara Jean Brown who was released from all earthly limitations and granted eternal peace on Thursday January 21, 2008 at the age 62. Barbara was sent from heaven to earth on January 12, 1946 in Minter City, Mississippi, the daughter of the Robert Miller and Estelle Ramsey. At an early age, Barbara accepted Christ and was baptized at Walnut Grove Baptist Church in Minter City, Mississippi. It was here she began her spiritual and formal education. She later relocated with her family to Pontiac, Michigan, where she obtained her education through the Pontiac School District, at Pontiac Central High School in June 1965. Furthering her education with the help from her employer, General Motors, she obtained a Culinary Degree in 1993 from Oakland Community College and later retiring from General Motors with thirty years of service. Barbara will forever be cherished by her son, Homer Ramsey; daughter, Simona (Horace) Woodson; brother, Willie (Katrena) Ramsey; loyal companion of thirty-nine years, Albert Robinson; life long friend, Lottie Bowman; dear friend, Mildred Pearson; two grandchildren, Pierre and Pia Croskey; three great-grandchildren; two nieces; one nephew; and a host of great nieces and nephews all of Pontiac. Barbara's greatest joy and love was for her pet dog, Cinnamon. She would often tell stories of how much Cinnamon loved to eat shrimp and other varies of food. She enjoyed watching Cinnamon eat, and the different tricks she would do to get her attention for food.

Barbara Brown

January 12, 1936 - January 31, 2008