Juanita Teresa Brown

Born on November 15,1933 to her parents Alvin and Lilly Bell Carnell in Shreveport, LA she graduated from Booker T. Washington High School as well as honored as a Debutante being escorted by her father. She then attended Xavier University where she majored in education, she was crowned Miss. Sophomore in 1953 and would then marry Roy T. Brown in 1956. Together they would eventually have seven children. They began raising their children in Chicago, Illinois where she taught in Chicago Catholic Schools for a short period. Later they moved to Los Angeles, California to continue raising their kids where she taught at Assumption Catholic School in East Los Angeles, as a strong woman she was able to balance life as a mother raising seven kids and obtain a Bachelor of Social Studies in Education at University of Tennessee in 1975. She then moved to head the Knox County Library in Mechanicsville, then became Director of KCDC Daycare Centers in the Mechanicsville and Lonsdale Community, as well as teaching in the Knox County School System. Finally, she opened Rainbow Daycare Center at her home to especially keep her many grandchildren that she loved so dearly. She taught them love, values, reading, phonics and black history as well as developing a tutoring program for students in general. She also Served on KOIC Board of Directors. She was very active with Bible Study at Immaculate Conception Church where she was a member. Juanita was loved by all who had the privilege to know her and she will be greatly missed.

Juanita was greeted at the gates of Eternity by her parents, Albert Carnell and Lilly Belle Carnell Smith; beloved granddaughter, Ebony Brown, and dearest friends Shirley Luttrell Davis and Pauline Armstrong.

She leaves behind to cherish her memory and to celebrate her homegoing sons, Anthony Brown, Michael (Marquetta) Brown, Stephen (Sheila) Brown, Paul (Jessie) Brown, Victor (Nicole) Brown; daughters, Angela (William) Lattimore, Ramona Logan, Sharon(Larry) Robinson, Cheryl Buford; grandchildren, Shavonda Brown, Robin Brown, Jerami (Shae) Matlock, Jahrod Matlock, Javier (Sara) Matlock, Nicole Lattimore, Willie Lattimore, Thomas Logan, Jasmine Logan, Darius Brown, Stephen Brown, Emmanuel Brown, Tamichael Brown, Eric Brown, Paul Brown Jr., Sean Brown, Rachel Morris, Jennifer Morris-Brown, Victoria (Quintin) Wright, Nicos Brown, Vicentez Brown, Victor Brown, and a multitude of great-grandchildren.

The family will honor Juanita with service be held at Sherwood Chapel and Memorial Gardens, 3176 Airport Highway, Alcoa, TN 37701, in The Good Shepherd Mausoleum Chapel on Friday, February 10, 2023 from 1:00pm to 2:00pm, with a Funeral Service to follow at 2:00pm, a committal service will follow in the Garden of Victory. Online condolences and fond memories may be shared with the Brown family at at www.sherwoodchapel.com.