Johnnie A. Brown

Johnnie Hall Brown, 88, passed away peacefully with her family gathered around her in Milwaukie, Oregon. Born in Louisiana to Willard and Hettie Hall, the first of three children, her family moved to Cleveland, Ohio and ensured she and her siblings participated in a variety of activities. She loved music from a young age, and soon started singing at the Little Flower Catholic Church in Monroe, Louisiana. She joined the Newman Club when she moved to Cleveland.

She was preceded in death by Austin Brown and her sons Michael and Allan, and her sister Willa Faye Burton. She is survived by daughters Jan Anderson (Scott) and Lyn Brown, granddaughters Teena Jacks (Phil), and Nena Perry-Brown, brother Willard Hall, Jr (Beth), brother-in-law Anderson (Andy) Brown, sister-in-law Carol Brown, great grandchildren, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Johnnie was beloved by many, and will be deeply missed.