The funeral service will be conducted at Saturday, December 29, 2012 at 11:00 A.M. in the sanctuary of Antioch Baptist Church, Georgia Highway 26 West, Oglethorpe, Georgia. Rev. Dr. George Porter, pastor, will officiate. Interment will follow in the Oglethorpe City Cemetery, Memorial Drive, Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Thelma Jean Brown Henderson was born February 8, 1954 in Oglethorpe, Macon County, Georgia to the late William “Doc” Brown, Sr. and Levorn McDonald Brown. She was preceded in death by one brother, William Brown, Jr. She was educated in the public school system of Macon County. She accepted Jesus Christ as her personal savior and joined the St. Paul A.M.E. Church at the age of ten. She moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where she met the love of her life, John Henderson. They were united in holy matrimony on October 22, 2009.
Survivors include her husband, John Henderson, Decatur, Georgia; two children, Tonya Brown (Keith), Perry, Georgia and Maurice Brown (Robin), Perry, Georgia; three grandchildren, Tiara Brown, Brianna Brown, and Keith Wilder; siblings, Willie Kleckley (best friend and sister-in-law, Brenda), Oglethorpe, Georgia, Robert McDonald (Luenelle), Oglethorpe, Georgia, and Shirley Cephus, Oglethorpe, Georgia; aunts and uncles, Susie Mae Lumpkin, Montezuma, Georgia, Minnie Washington, Marshallville, Georgia, Wedie Bell Stewart, Montezuma, Georgia, Vernestine Brown, Miami, Florida, Annie Pearl Leary, Atlanta, J.B. Brown, and George Brown, Oglethorpe, Georgia; sisters-in-law and brother-in-law, Essie Favor (Darnell), Cila Mae Wilkes, Davis Greene, all of Atlanta, Georgia; and a host of beloved nieces and nephews, other relatives, and friends, including several devoted friends: Shirley Taylor Yancy and Joe Lewis Favors, both of Atlanta, Georgia.
- S.CLEMONS(Friday, December 28 12 06:44 pm EST)
EVEN IN YOUR SORROW,I HOPE YOU CAN HOLD ON TO THE THOUGHT THAT A LIFE LIVED WITH SO MUCH LOVE NEVER REALLY ENDS,BUT GOES ON FOREVER IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE WHO REMEMBER.
*CONTINUE TO LOOK TO THE GOD OF COMFORT TO GIVE YOU THE STRENGTH YOU WILL NEED TO COPE WITH YOUR LOSS.(2 CORINTHIANS 1:3&4)
WITH SYMPATHY AND PRAYERS - barbara mcdonald & family(Friday, December 28 12 01:49 pm EST)
sorry for your lost & may god bless you all . - Lamar & Gloria Taylor, Lorenzo Clark(Friday, December 28 12 11:33 am EST)
Ours payers and sympathy are with you and your. - melvyna curgil(Wednesday, December 26 12 10:34 am EST)
To Tonya and Maurice i'm sorry for your lost, praying that find peace.