Charles DeWitt Brown, 74, a resident of McKenzie, Ala. died Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012.  Family accepted friends at their home at 882 Armstrong Road, McKenzie, Ala. on Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012 until 8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 8, 2012. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012 at McKenzie Baptist Church, McKenzie, Ala. with Rev. Hurbert Brown and Rev. Harry Driggers officiating. Mr. Brown will lie in state at the church from 1 p.m. until funeral time. Burial will follow in Pleasant Hill Cemetery with Johnson Funeral Home, Georgiana, Ala. directing arrangements.

Mr. Brown is preceded in death by his parents, Elton and Willie Brown; sons, Trent and Baby Boy Brown; grand daughters, Brittany and Brandi Cobb; grand sons, Cory Cobb and Jared Lee Boyd; brother, James Brown; and sister, Louis Waller. He is survived by his wife, Sarah Brown, McKenzie, Ala.; daughters and sons in law, Terrie Lynne Brown Angeloff, Tuscaloosa, Ala., Barbara (Clint) Hester, Millbrook, Ala., Jackie (Shan) Brienza, Prattville, Ala., and Tarina (Adam) Moores, Deatsville, Ala.; sons and daughters in law, Greg (Leigh Ann) Cobb, Greenville, Ala. and James Ronnie (Stacie) Cobb, Aiken, S.C.; grand daughters, Hope Brienza, Allie Brienza, Ashlee Cobb, Maghen Cobb, Bella Brienza, Gracie Cobb, and Sophie Moores; grand sons, Lee Lowery, Brandon Cobb, and Dakota Angeloff; great grand daughter, Ella Layton; two adopted nephews, Derrick and Shannnon Jordan; and a dedicated friend, Lawrence Ball. Online condolences may be made at www.johnsongeorgiana.com.