Phyllis Oliver Brown was born to Mr. and Mrs. Roy and Bertha Oliver. Phyllis was married to the late Derwin Brown (Dekalb County Sheriff-Elect 2000). She leaves to cherish her memory six children, Brandi Brown Rhodes (Gerell), Robert Brown, Michael Brown, Maurice Douglass, Marlon Robinson (Angie), and Omar Mann; eight grandchildren; mother, Mrs. Bertha Oliver; a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Phyllis died about 9:30 p.m. at the DeKalb Medical Center where she had been admitted over the weekend for flu-like symptoms, a family friend said. The friend, Geraldine Champion, said late Sunday night she did not know the cause of Brown's death.
"I just got the call a few minutes ago," said Champion, who would have served as Derwin's Brown chief jailer had the sheriff-elect not been assassinated. She said Phyllis Brown was surrounded by her children when she passed away. Champion said the last time she saw Brown was at a candlelight vigil on Dec. 15 at the gravesite of Brown's husband. She looked feeble, Champion said. "It's three things that hit her," she said. "First, she witnessed her own husband getting killed in the driveway of her home. Then she suffered this big stroke. Then the Supreme Court denied her case against DeKalb County [holding it liable for her husband's murder]. "How much more can a body take?" she said. Brown's husband was gunned down in the driveway of their home on Dec. 15, 2000 - her 46th birthday and three days before he was to have been sworn into office. Then-Sheriff Sidney Dorsey was convicted of masterminding his rival's assassination. He was sentenced to life in prison.
"I just got the call a few minutes ago," said Champion, who would have served as Derwin's Brown chief jailer had the sheriff-elect not been assassinated. She said Phyllis Brown was surrounded by her children when she passed away. Champion said the last time she saw Brown was at a candlelight vigil on Dec. 15 at the gravesite of Brown's husband. She looked feeble, Champion said. "It's three things that hit her," she said. "First, she witnessed her own husband getting killed in the driveway of her home. Then she suffered this big stroke. Then the Supreme Court denied her case against DeKalb County [holding it liable for her husband's murder]. "How much more can a body take?" she said. Brown's husband was gunned down in the driveway of their home on Dec. 15, 2000 - her 46th birthday and three days before he was to have been sworn into office. Then-Sheriff Sidney Dorsey was convicted of masterminding his rival's assassination. He was sentenced to life in prison.
Phyllis Oliver Brown was born to Mr. and Mrs. Roy and Bertha Oliver. Phyllis was married to the late Derwin Brown (Dekalb County Sheriff-Elect 2000). She leaves to cherish her memory six children, Brandi Brown Rhodes (Gerell), Robert Brown, Michael Brown, Maurice Douglass, Marlon Robinson (Angie), and Omar Mann; eight grandchildren; mother, Mrs. Bertha Oliver; a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Phyllis died about 9:30 p.m. at the DeKalb Medical Center where she had been admitted over the weekend for flu-like symptoms, a family friend said. The friend, Geraldine Champion, said late Sunday night she did not know the cause of Brown's death.
"I just got the call a few minutes ago," said Champion, who would have served as Derwin's Brown chief jailer had the sheriff-elect not been assassinated. She said Phyllis Brown was surrounded by her children when she passed away. Champion said the last time she saw Brown was at a candlelight vigil on Dec. 15 at the gravesite of Brown's husband. She looked feeble, Champion said. "It's three things that hit her," she said. "First, she witnessed her own husband getting killed in the driveway of her home. Then she suffered this big stroke. Then the Supreme Court denied her case against DeKalb County [holding it liable for her husband's murder]. "How much more can a body take?" she said. Brown's husband was gunned down in the driveway of their home on Dec. 15, 2000 - her 46th birthday and three days before he was to have been sworn into office. Then-Sheriff Sidney Dorsey was convicted of masterminding his rival's assassination. He was sentenced to life in prison.
"I just got the call a few minutes ago," said Champion, who would have served as Derwin's Brown chief jailer had the sheriff-elect not been assassinated. She said Phyllis Brown was surrounded by her children when she passed away. Champion said the last time she saw Brown was at a candlelight vigil on Dec. 15 at the gravesite of Brown's husband. She looked feeble, Champion said. "It's three things that hit her," she said. "First, she witnessed her own husband getting killed in the driveway of her home. Then she suffered this big stroke. Then the Supreme Court denied her case against DeKalb County [holding it liable for her husband's murder]. "How much more can a body take?" she said. Brown's husband was gunned down in the driveway of their home on Dec. 15, 2000 - her 46th birthday and three days before he was to have been sworn into office. Then-Sheriff Sidney Dorsey was convicted of masterminding his rival's assassination. He was sentenced to life in prison.
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