Reverend Doctor Walter M. Brown, Sr. was born January 16, 1919. He received the Lord at an early age and began his long, fulfilling journey of service to God, family, and country. He was a member of what is now called the "Greatest Generation", having served these United States in World War II. He was a solder's soldier and quickly reached the rank of Sergeant before his honorable discharge.
Now saved, committed to the Master, and responding to a divine call to preach the Word of God, he understood the scriptural requirement to "study to show thyself approved a workman that need not be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth". Morehouse College was his choice for undergraduate study and proved to be an able springboard to graduate education. After receiving a Bachelors degree, he quickly earned a Masters of Divinity from Gammon Theological Seminary in the Interdenominational Theological Center. He was now ready according to II Timothy 4:2: "preach the word in season and out of season, to reprove and rebuke with all long suffering". The table was set for a pastor-congregant relationship that would cover close to four decades.
His tenure at the New Hope Baptist Church is easily summed up in one succinct statement: They loved him; he loved them. A fact proven by a distinct rarity in today's climate of constant change - he remained pastor of New Hope Baptist Church in Dalton, Georgia for thirty-nine years. Only ill-health forced him into an emeritus status. One can count on one hand the Sunday's missed as he and Ruth journeyed from Atlanta to Dalton. Through snow, ice, and all Mother Nature could muster, he lovingly made the 90-mile trek, guided by the kind of obedience known only by pastors who love people more than problems, mission more than money, and Godliness more than gain. What also must be stated is that though New Hope was his heart, Zion Hill was not far behind. Their early nurture catapulted Reverend Brown to all future successes.
His love of theological training and trust for those things academic was almost insatiable. Rather late in life he began his pursuit of a Ph.D. in Systematic Theology. At the graduation, to see his triple striped robe and daunting smile was to know his joy. We realize he personally enjoyed the training and the struggle. But moreover, he wanted succeeding generations to understand the value of preparation regardless of common problems. Now written in antiquity is his testimony added to the growing cloud of witnesses and according to Philippians 4:13: "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."
We conclude this obituary by entering into the mortal record Reverend Brown's uncompromising love for his family. He loved his brothers and sisters. While his mother was alive, he was attentive to her every need. He knew and returned the love of a good woman, Ruth Mack Brown. She cared for him and leaves a legacy of service matched only by biblical heroines like Sara and Rachel. Such love, she understood, honors God and left those who witnessed its effect humbled by its depth and limitless boundaries. He called; she came ... in sickness, and in health, for richer or poorer and even beyond the traditional, until death parts them. Let the record reflect: she will love him even through eternity.
He doted on his children and poured into each of them a peculiar, powerful elixir of love mingled with discipline where fear of failure or trying was replaced by a Reverend Brown-like determination to succeed against all odds and obstacles. They returned his love the only way they knew how: They loved HIS God! They followed his examples of success and integrity! They have poured into their children like-qualities and each is forever changed by God's gift of a father like The Reverend Doctor Walter M. Brown, Sr. God rest his soul according to the scriptures: Revelations 14:13: "And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from hence forth: yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works do follow them."
He was predeceased by his daughter, Jill Brown Martin, sisters, Hester Fair and Carrie Hinton, and brothers, James Brown and David Brown. He leaves to cherish his memory, his loving wife of forty-five years, Ruth M. Brown; two sons, Edward Malcolm Brown (Garry) and Reverend Doctor Walter M. Brown, Jr. (Beryl); two daughters, Beverly B. Shaw and Tresa Gordon (Michael); brother, Paul Brown (Yoland); two sisters, Dorothy Wolfe and Nettie Ruth Brown; eleven grandchildren, Mario Key, April Key, Eric Shaw, Kismet Shaw, Geoffrey Brown, Marcus Brown, Judith Brown, Sean Brown (Denise), Chris Brown, Kimberly Brown, and Victoria Brown; three great-grandchildren, Dominique, Sean, Jr., and Michael; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives, friends, and the New Hope Baptist Church family.
Now saved, committed to the Master, and responding to a divine call to preach the Word of God, he understood the scriptural requirement to "study to show thyself approved a workman that need not be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth". Morehouse College was his choice for undergraduate study and proved to be an able springboard to graduate education. After receiving a Bachelors degree, he quickly earned a Masters of Divinity from Gammon Theological Seminary in the Interdenominational Theological Center. He was now ready according to II Timothy 4:2: "preach the word in season and out of season, to reprove and rebuke with all long suffering". The table was set for a pastor-congregant relationship that would cover close to four decades.
His tenure at the New Hope Baptist Church is easily summed up in one succinct statement: They loved him; he loved them. A fact proven by a distinct rarity in today's climate of constant change - he remained pastor of New Hope Baptist Church in Dalton, Georgia for thirty-nine years. Only ill-health forced him into an emeritus status. One can count on one hand the Sunday's missed as he and Ruth journeyed from Atlanta to Dalton. Through snow, ice, and all Mother Nature could muster, he lovingly made the 90-mile trek, guided by the kind of obedience known only by pastors who love people more than problems, mission more than money, and Godliness more than gain. What also must be stated is that though New Hope was his heart, Zion Hill was not far behind. Their early nurture catapulted Reverend Brown to all future successes.
His love of theological training and trust for those things academic was almost insatiable. Rather late in life he began his pursuit of a Ph.D. in Systematic Theology. At the graduation, to see his triple striped robe and daunting smile was to know his joy. We realize he personally enjoyed the training and the struggle. But moreover, he wanted succeeding generations to understand the value of preparation regardless of common problems. Now written in antiquity is his testimony added to the growing cloud of witnesses and according to Philippians 4:13: "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."
We conclude this obituary by entering into the mortal record Reverend Brown's uncompromising love for his family. He loved his brothers and sisters. While his mother was alive, he was attentive to her every need. He knew and returned the love of a good woman, Ruth Mack Brown. She cared for him and leaves a legacy of service matched only by biblical heroines like Sara and Rachel. Such love, she understood, honors God and left those who witnessed its effect humbled by its depth and limitless boundaries. He called; she came ... in sickness, and in health, for richer or poorer and even beyond the traditional, until death parts them. Let the record reflect: she will love him even through eternity.
He doted on his children and poured into each of them a peculiar, powerful elixir of love mingled with discipline where fear of failure or trying was replaced by a Reverend Brown-like determination to succeed against all odds and obstacles. They returned his love the only way they knew how: They loved HIS God! They followed his examples of success and integrity! They have poured into their children like-qualities and each is forever changed by God's gift of a father like The Reverend Doctor Walter M. Brown, Sr. God rest his soul according to the scriptures: Revelations 14:13: "And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from hence forth: yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works do follow them."
He was predeceased by his daughter, Jill Brown Martin, sisters, Hester Fair and Carrie Hinton, and brothers, James Brown and David Brown. He leaves to cherish his memory, his loving wife of forty-five years, Ruth M. Brown; two sons, Edward Malcolm Brown (Garry) and Reverend Doctor Walter M. Brown, Jr. (Beryl); two daughters, Beverly B. Shaw and Tresa Gordon (Michael); brother, Paul Brown (Yoland); two sisters, Dorothy Wolfe and Nettie Ruth Brown; eleven grandchildren, Mario Key, April Key, Eric Shaw, Kismet Shaw, Geoffrey Brown, Marcus Brown, Judith Brown, Sean Brown (Denise), Chris Brown, Kimberly Brown, and Victoria Brown; three great-grandchildren, Dominique, Sean, Jr., and Michael; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives, friends, and the New Hope Baptist Church family.
Reverend Doctor Walter M. Brown, Sr. was born January 16, 1919. He received the Lord at an early age and began his long, fulfilling journey of service to God, family, and country. He was a member of what is now called the "Greatest Generation", having served these United States in World War II. He was a solder's soldier and quickly reached the rank of Sergeant before his honorable discharge.
Now saved, committed to the Master, and responding to a divine call to preach the Word of God, he understood the scriptural requirement to "study to show thyself approved a workman that need not be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth". Morehouse College was his choice for undergraduate study and proved to be an able springboard to graduate education. After receiving a Bachelors degree, he quickly earned a Masters of Divinity from Gammon Theological Seminary in the Interdenominational Theological Center. He was now ready according to II Timothy 4:2: "preach the word in season and out of season, to reprove and rebuke with all long suffering". The table was set for a pastor-congregant relationship that would cover close to four decades.
His tenure at the New Hope Baptist Church is easily summed up in one succinct statement: They loved him; he loved them. A fact proven by a distinct rarity in today's climate of constant change - he remained pastor of New Hope Baptist Church in Dalton, Georgia for thirty-nine years. Only ill-health forced him into an emeritus status. One can count on one hand the Sunday's missed as he and Ruth journeyed from Atlanta to Dalton. Through snow, ice, and all Mother Nature could muster, he lovingly made the 90-mile trek, guided by the kind of obedience known only by pastors who love people more than problems, mission more than money, and Godliness more than gain. What also must be stated is that though New Hope was his heart, Zion Hill was not far behind. Their early nurture catapulted Reverend Brown to all future successes.
His love of theological training and trust for those things academic was almost insatiable. Rather late in life he began his pursuit of a Ph.D. in Systematic Theology. At the graduation, to see his triple striped robe and daunting smile was to know his joy. We realize he personally enjoyed the training and the struggle. But moreover, he wanted succeeding generations to understand the value of preparation regardless of common problems. Now written in antiquity is his testimony added to the growing cloud of witnesses and according to Philippians 4:13: "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."
We conclude this obituary by entering into the mortal record Reverend Brown's uncompromising love for his family. He loved his brothers and sisters. While his mother was alive, he was attentive to her every need. He knew and returned the love of a good woman, Ruth Mack Brown. She cared for him and leaves a legacy of service matched only by biblical heroines like Sara and Rachel. Such love, she understood, honors God and left those who witnessed its effect humbled by its depth and limitless boundaries. He called; she came ... in sickness, and in health, for richer or poorer and even beyond the traditional, until death parts them. Let the record reflect: she will love him even through eternity.
He doted on his children and poured into each of them a peculiar, powerful elixir of love mingled with discipline where fear of failure or trying was replaced by a Reverend Brown-like determination to succeed against all odds and obstacles. They returned his love the only way they knew how: They loved HIS God! They followed his examples of success and integrity! They have poured into their children like-qualities and each is forever changed by God's gift of a father like The Reverend Doctor Walter M. Brown, Sr. God rest his soul according to the scriptures: Revelations 14:13: "And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from hence forth: yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works do follow them."
He was predeceased by his daughter, Jill Brown Martin, sisters, Hester Fair and Carrie Hinton, and brothers, James Brown and David Brown. He leaves to cherish his memory, his loving wife of forty-five years, Ruth M. Brown; two sons, Edward Malcolm Brown (Garry) and Reverend Doctor Walter M. Brown, Jr. (Beryl); two daughters, Beverly B. Shaw and Tresa Gordon (Michael); brother, Paul Brown (Yoland); two sisters, Dorothy Wolfe and Nettie Ruth Brown; eleven grandchildren, Mario Key, April Key, Eric Shaw, Kismet Shaw, Geoffrey Brown, Marcus Brown, Judith Brown, Sean Brown (Denise), Chris Brown, Kimberly Brown, and Victoria Brown; three great-grandchildren, Dominique, Sean, Jr., and Michael; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives, friends, and the New Hope Baptist Church family.
Now saved, committed to the Master, and responding to a divine call to preach the Word of God, he understood the scriptural requirement to "study to show thyself approved a workman that need not be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth". Morehouse College was his choice for undergraduate study and proved to be an able springboard to graduate education. After receiving a Bachelors degree, he quickly earned a Masters of Divinity from Gammon Theological Seminary in the Interdenominational Theological Center. He was now ready according to II Timothy 4:2: "preach the word in season and out of season, to reprove and rebuke with all long suffering". The table was set for a pastor-congregant relationship that would cover close to four decades.
His tenure at the New Hope Baptist Church is easily summed up in one succinct statement: They loved him; he loved them. A fact proven by a distinct rarity in today's climate of constant change - he remained pastor of New Hope Baptist Church in Dalton, Georgia for thirty-nine years. Only ill-health forced him into an emeritus status. One can count on one hand the Sunday's missed as he and Ruth journeyed from Atlanta to Dalton. Through snow, ice, and all Mother Nature could muster, he lovingly made the 90-mile trek, guided by the kind of obedience known only by pastors who love people more than problems, mission more than money, and Godliness more than gain. What also must be stated is that though New Hope was his heart, Zion Hill was not far behind. Their early nurture catapulted Reverend Brown to all future successes.
His love of theological training and trust for those things academic was almost insatiable. Rather late in life he began his pursuit of a Ph.D. in Systematic Theology. At the graduation, to see his triple striped robe and daunting smile was to know his joy. We realize he personally enjoyed the training and the struggle. But moreover, he wanted succeeding generations to understand the value of preparation regardless of common problems. Now written in antiquity is his testimony added to the growing cloud of witnesses and according to Philippians 4:13: "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."
We conclude this obituary by entering into the mortal record Reverend Brown's uncompromising love for his family. He loved his brothers and sisters. While his mother was alive, he was attentive to her every need. He knew and returned the love of a good woman, Ruth Mack Brown. She cared for him and leaves a legacy of service matched only by biblical heroines like Sara and Rachel. Such love, she understood, honors God and left those who witnessed its effect humbled by its depth and limitless boundaries. He called; she came ... in sickness, and in health, for richer or poorer and even beyond the traditional, until death parts them. Let the record reflect: she will love him even through eternity.
He doted on his children and poured into each of them a peculiar, powerful elixir of love mingled with discipline where fear of failure or trying was replaced by a Reverend Brown-like determination to succeed against all odds and obstacles. They returned his love the only way they knew how: They loved HIS God! They followed his examples of success and integrity! They have poured into their children like-qualities and each is forever changed by God's gift of a father like The Reverend Doctor Walter M. Brown, Sr. God rest his soul according to the scriptures: Revelations 14:13: "And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from hence forth: yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works do follow them."
He was predeceased by his daughter, Jill Brown Martin, sisters, Hester Fair and Carrie Hinton, and brothers, James Brown and David Brown. He leaves to cherish his memory, his loving wife of forty-five years, Ruth M. Brown; two sons, Edward Malcolm Brown (Garry) and Reverend Doctor Walter M. Brown, Jr. (Beryl); two daughters, Beverly B. Shaw and Tresa Gordon (Michael); brother, Paul Brown (Yoland); two sisters, Dorothy Wolfe and Nettie Ruth Brown; eleven grandchildren, Mario Key, April Key, Eric Shaw, Kismet Shaw, Geoffrey Brown, Marcus Brown, Judith Brown, Sean Brown (Denise), Chris Brown, Kimberly Brown, and Victoria Brown; three great-grandchildren, Dominique, Sean, Jr., and Michael; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives, friends, and the New Hope Baptist Church family.
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