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Sep 22, 1964 - Dec 9, 2025
In loving memory of a wonderful person. We will love you and miss you always. Now get your rest until we meet again!
Stephanie Sanders-Long Stephanie Sanders-Long
December 29, 2025 | Gary, IN | Friend
Grief can be so hard, but our special memories help us cope. Remembering you and your loved one today and always.
December 24, 2025 | Family
In loving memory of Big Jonathan. R.I.P We will miss you always.
December 23, 2025 | Family
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Norman Davis
December 23, 2025 | Glenwood, IL | Friend
My condolences to the family in these sad times
James Coverson
December 21, 2025 | Gary, IN | Acquaintance
I just want to say JB was a good friend he always taught me how to do side jobs and cut grass I miss you and you will always be here with me when I'm cutting grass RIP
Jill Williams
December 19, 2025 | Gary, IN | Friend
Remembered By
Reese Gault
December 19, 2025 | Gary, IN | Friend
Jb my friend you fought a good fight take your rest my friend I'm gonna miss our long talks you will never be forgotten I love you friend until we meet again.My heart is hurting
Brenda Peaches
December 19, 2025 | Gary, IN | Friend
My heart go out to my brother the family of JB that I been knowing since the 80's a good person like a brother be strong and God will do the rest. Fred Miller as JB would call me when he see me Freddie Fred .
FREDERICK Miller
December 16, 2025 | Gary, IN
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Jonathan Dwayne Brown, lovingly known as “JB,” was born on September 22, 1964, to Ann Elizabeth Blackwell Brown and Gerald Fitzgerald Lowell Brown, Sr. He entered eternal rest on December 9, 2025.
Jonathan was preceded in death by his beloved mother, Ann Elizabeth Blackwell Brown; his brother, Gerald “Jerry” Brown; his grandparents, Nathaniel and Janie Blackwell and Lowell and Ouida (née Cotton) Brown; his uncles, Hugh D. Blackwell, Sr. and Dennis Brown; and his aunts, Shirley Blackwell Johnson, Granada Brown Lewis, and Lillian D. Brown Hardaway.
He leaves to celebrate his life and cherish his memory his loving father, Gerald F. L. Brown, Sr.; his daughters, Kendra and Janayla Brown; his son, Jonathan Dwayne Brown, Jr.; his treasured granddaughter, K’La Jordan; uncles, Alphonso Blackwell, Vernon (Joy) Brown; aunts, James Etta Henry Meadows, Diane Brown, Harriet Brown Davis, and Ruthie (Kirk) Price; a beloved cousin, Lorri Hayes; special friend Brenda Peaches; a host of loving relatives and friends from the Brown and Blackwell families.
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