Deborah Ann Johnson Brown

Aug. 8, 1948 — Oct. 16, 2021 (age 73)

YOUNGSTOWN — Deborah Ann Johnson Brown, 73, of 2102 Stewart Ave., departed this life Oct. 16 at 11:30 a.m. at St. Elizabeth Medical Center 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 ATT as a phone operator, retiring in 2004.

She graduated in 1966 from East High School and in 2006 from Youngstown State University with an associate's segree in Hospitality Management.

She was a member of the Fellowship Church of God in Christ where she was a District Missionary and Chairman of the Hospitality Committee.

She leaves to mourn one son, Robert VanCeil (Earline) Owens of Youngstown; brothers Bill (Susan) Johnson of Naperville, llinois and Tyrone (Cassandra) Johnson of Youngstown; sisters Lynette (John) Taylor of Youngstown and Denise Parnell (Bernard) Jackson of Youngstown; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; one daughter, Sonya Renee Owens; and one brother, Gerald Johnson.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday (Oct. 27) at 11 a.m., with Calling Hours from 10 to 11 a.m. at the Fellowship Church of God in Christ (Struthers). Masks are required and social distancing will be upheld. Burial will take place at Tod Homestead Cemetery. The Sterling-McCullough Williams Youngstown Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

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This story was originally published October 23, 2021 at 5:29 PM with the headline "Deborah Ann Johnson Brown."