{"id":233,"date":"2011-02-18T15:00:34","date_gmt":"2011-02-18T21:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/?p=233"},"modified":"2012-01-13T11:32:34","modified_gmt":"2012-01-13T17:32:34","slug":"marcia-elaine-brown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/?p=233","title":{"rendered":"Marcia Elaine Brown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Elaine_Brown1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-359\" title=\"Elaine_Brown\" src=\"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Elaine_Brown1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"137\" height=\"190\" \/><\/a>BROWN, MARCIA ELAINE<\/strong>\u2013 born November 11, 1958 was a devoted servant for Christ and longtime member of Mount Zion Baptist Church who, with her family by her side, went home to be with her Lord on Friday, February 18, 2011. Marcia was a graduate of Holston High School and a proud graduate of Tennessee State University. She was a retired Knox County School Commercial Food Instructor at Austin East High School where she was instrumental in motivating, inspiring and securing positions for her students in the food service industry. Marcia was a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. as well as other community organizations.\u00a0 Marcia was fondly loved by all who knew her. She had a servant\u2019s heart; a loving spirit and a friendly smile.<\/p>\n<p>Marcia is preceded in death by her father, William Stewart; brother William Stewart III, maternal grandparents, Roy and Gwendolyn Netherland; maternal great aunt Mildred Netherland, paternal grandparents, Rev. W.A. and Dessie Stewart; and father in-law Elder James E. Brown, Sr.<\/p>\n<p>She leaves to cherish her memory a devoted and loving husband, Mark A. Brown,\u00a0 her son of whom she is most proud, Mark A. Brown II; \u00a0devoted mother Aleece Stewart; loving sister and best friend Diedr\u00e9 Stewart; \u00a0mother in-law, Patricia Brown; brother in-law Timothy Brown of Georgia; sisters in-law Monica Brown of Georgia and Barbara Brown of Knoxville; \u00a0aunts Marcia (Walton) Davis and Anora Edwards; cousins, Adrienne Davis, Lisa (Ray) Richardson, Victoria Hays, Arelia (Mark) Dossous, Kenton Edwards, and Alan Edwards of Chicago, IL and many more loving relatives from the Brown, Netherland, Hardin, Brandenburg, Stacker, Walker and Downs families. She will be missed by her Mount Zion family, students, and loved ones to include special friends, LaRoyce Beatty, Keira Wyatt, Valeri Otey-Nellis, Tammy Gwen Campbell, and Renee Kesler; special thanks to the Mount Zion Noon Day Bible Study Class; Dr. Kyle Klarich and staff at the Mayo Clinic; Dr. Diana Cobb and Staff of UT Family Physicians; and Dr. James Cox and Staff of UT Cardiologists. \u00a0The family will receive friends on Saturday, February 26, 2011 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. with the funeral service to follow at Greater Warner Tabernacle AME Zion Church, 3800 Martin Luther King, Jr. Ave.\u00a0 Rev. Dr. Johnnie W. Skinner, Sr. Eulogist.\u00a0 Interment will immediately follow the funeral service at Sherwood Memorial Gardens, 3176 Airport Highway, Alcoa.\u00a0 Service will conclude with a full dove release.\u00a0 In lieu of flowers, please make donations in the name of or in honor of Marcia Elaine Brown to the American Heart Association.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/?p=233\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/unitymortuary.com\/obits\/wp-content\/plugins\/thumbnail-for-excerpts\/tfe_no_thumb.png\" class=\"alignleft wp-post-image tfe\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><p>BROWN, MARCIA ELAINE\u2013 born November 11, 1958 was a devoted servant for Christ and longtime member of Mount Zion Baptist Church who, with her family by her side, went home to be with her Lord on Friday, February 18, 2011. 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