Diane B. Suggs

Diane B. Suggs BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Mrs. Diane Brown Suggs, 62, formerly of Winterville, N.C., died Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008, at New York Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn. Funeral service for Mrs. Diane Brown Suggs was held Saturday, Dec. 13, 2008, at St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church, 116 6th Ave., Brooklyn, with the Rev. Thomas A. Ahern Pastor and the Rev. Anzetta K. Adams officiating. Burial followed at the Greenwood Cemetery located at 500 25th Street and 5th Avenue, Brooklyn. Mrs. Suggs was a native of Pitt County, N.C., where she attended the public schools, and graduated from W.H. Robinson High School in 1964. Shortly after graduating high school, Diane moved to New York and married Charlie Suggs Jr. of Winterville, N.C. who was the love of her life. To this union were born four children. Diane Brown Suggs worked for 36 years with the Office of Legal Affairs - Liens and Recovery, and the Litigation Unit as a Principle Administrative Associate, II. Mrs. Suggs was preceded in death by her parents, Tom and Fannie Mae Carmon Brown of Winterville, N.C.; and a brother, James Brown. She leaves to cherish her memories, her husband, Charlie Suggs Jr. of the home; four children, Michael and wife, Elizabeth, of Bronx, Charlie Suggs III and Darryl of Brooklyn, and Donnell and wife, Tashonda, of Atlanta; two brothers, Robert Brown of Winterville and Thomas Earl Brown of Atlanta; three sisters, Sylvia Jean Brown-Norris of Maryland, Geraldine Brown Howard and Sandra Ruth Brown Chapman, both of Winterville, N.C.; six grandchildren; one adopted daughter, Aisha Alleyne; three godchildren, Kratina, Zenia, and Linda; father and mother-in-law, Mr. Charlie and Hattie Suggs of Winterville, N.C.; two brothers-in-law; six sisters-in-law; devoted friends for many years, Teddy and Barbara Stanford of Brooklyn; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and dear friends. Arrangements entrusted to Joseph G. Duffy Funeral Home, Brooklyn.