Funeral program for St. Ida Brown

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January 8, 1940 - May 18, 1998
Tuesday, May 26, 1998
Wake: 10:00- H :00 A.M.
Service: 11:00 - 1:00 P.M.
United House of Prayer
590 Shawmut Avenue
Roxbury, MA
Apostle T. Simpson, Pastor, Officiating
Honorable Bishop S. C. Madison - Leader
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St. Ida Brown was born in Belleville, Georgia on January 8, 1940 to Cora
and the late Elder Ollie Mikell. As an infant she became a member of the
United House of Prayer For All People, as a teenager she served as a house
maid under the leadership of the founder Sweet Daddy Grace. She was
educated in Evans County Public Schools, Claxton, GA. She served as an
ambassador for eighteen years and worked faithfully to help in the upbuilding
of the organization, under the leaderships of Daddy McCollough and Daddy
Madison.
She was joined in holy matrimony to Sherman Brown on March 25, 1959.
To this union six children were born. The late Sherman Antonio Brown
and five daughters. She was employed at Freedom Electronics for twenty-
three years. She volunteered her services in the House of Prayer kitchen
until she became ill.
She departed this life May 18, 1998 at Faulkner Hospital. She leaves(|P|
cherish her memory, her husband Sherman, five daughters Cynthia, Sheila,
Karen, Katrina and Crystal Brown all of Boston, MA., twenty-five
grandchildren and one great-granddaughter, of Boston, MA., her mother
Cora Mikell, of Manassas, GA., three sisters, Faye and Brenda Mikell and
Janice Hatcher, all of Boston, MA., seven brothers, Ollie, Charles, Henry,
Lanice, Mikell, all of Boston, MA., Willie Mack Mikell of Statesboro, GA.,
Paul Mikell of Miami, FL., and Dennis Mikell of Kileen, TX., brothers-in-
law, sisters-in-law, a host of nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.
A loving senant has returned to her father. Her purpose among us
complete. She touched our lives with the warmth of her soul.
Now she rest at her fathers feet.
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Master of Ceremony
Apostle J. Galloway, Asst. Pastor
Mistress of Ceremony, St. Q. Williams
HYMN.............
SCRIPTURE
Old Testament...
New Testament...
PRAYER...........
SELECTION........
SELECTION........
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
OBITUARY.........
SELECTION........
EULOGY...........
.........Elder C. Brown
.........Deacon J. Butler
.........Deacon F. Teal
.........Elder B. Bigby
.........Joy Ensemble
.......Sis. Sbelia Brown
.......St. Etbal Woodard
...St. Glynda McWhorter
.......Ms. Melvina John
Apostle T. Simpson, Pastor
Snterment
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Mattapan, MA
Repass
United House of Prayer
590 Shawmut Avenue, Roxbury, MA
THE ANGELS ABOVE
WHISKED YOU AWAY
THEY DIDNT WANT YOU TO SUEFER
FOR ONE MORE DA Y
MOTHER BELOVED
MOTHER OF MINE
OUR MOTHER WE LOVE
A LADY SO FINE
All my love
from Crystal Brown
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Family
ScfenotolEbgments
We wish to express our sincere thanks to our many friends for their acts of
kindness at this most difficult time. Your words of comfort, your prayers,
the many cards, visits, phone calls and expressions of love are greatly
appreciated.
The Family
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J.B. Johnson Funeral Home
196 Warren Street, Roxbury, MA 02119
r.iove Hall Ilmting - MI-98Y1