Charles I. Brown Jr.
Longtime Plainfield resident; funeral is Monday
Charles I. Brown Jr., 74, departed this life Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019, in Overlook Medical Center, Summit, N.J.
Born in Plainfield, N.J., he resided in Boston for two years and Wallington, N.J., for three years before returning to Plainfield 40 years ago.
He was with Verizon Telephone for over 25 years and at the time of his retirement worked in Newark, N.J. In his youth and after retirement, he worked in the family business, Brown's Funeral Home in Plainfield.
Charles was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Plainfield. He was known for his love of jazz, photography, traveling, communicating on Facebook and BMW cars.
He was predeceased by his father, Charles I. Brown Sr.; his grandmothers, Bertha Bailey and Adele M. Brown; his aunts, Ida Williams and Louise B. Jones and uncle, Clarence Williams.
Surviving is his mother, Elizabeth B. Brown; two cousins that were like his sister and brother, Diane L. Gentles and Tyree P. Jones, Jr. (Melanie); cousins, Henrietta Fields, Renee and Phyllis Morton; three goddaughters, Sherry Braxton, Jacquelyn Banks-Wood and Alicia Lilly; his uncle, Tyree P. Jones and other relatives and friends.
Viewing is Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m. in Brown's Funeral Home, 122 Plainfield Ave., Plainfield and Monday from 10 to 11 a.m. in Calvary Baptist Church, 324 Monroe Ave., Plainfield, followed by the funeral at 11 a.m. Interment is at Hillside Cemetery, Scotch Plains, N.J. Arrangements are by Brown's Funeral Home, brownsfuneralhome.net.