Essie Hager Brown, age 93, of Germantown, Tennessee passed away on Sunday May 5, 2019. Essie was born January 12, 1926. She was the widow of the late Lt. Col Jesse C. Brown, who passed away in 2006. Essie was also preceded in death by her son, Gregory W. Brown who passed in 2008. She is survived by her son, Jesse C. Brown Jr. (Jeanne), her two grandsons; Curtis R. Brown and Gregory W. Brown Jr. (Alexandria), two great grandsons; Chance Harrison Brown and Jesse Dicenso Brown, and one great granddaughter, Aria Essie Brown.
Essie was a lifelong member of the Church of Christ; At her death she was a member of the Germantown congregation. She grew up attending the Union Avenue Church of Christ. Essie loved her family, flowers, teaching Sunday school, and the University of Memphis basketball
The family will receive friends from 9:00 a.m. until service time at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at Memphis Funeral Home and Memorial Gardens, 3700 N. Germantown Parkway, Bartlett, TN 38133. A catered reception will follow, beginning at 11:00 a.m. until 12:15 p.m. at the funeral home reception area
In lieu of flowers, gifts in memory of Essie may be offered to St. Jude.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.MemphisFuneralGermantownParkway.com for the Brown family.
