Jo Brown Obituary

Age - 71

September 11, 2023

Lorain, OH

Jo Ann Horton (Brown) Sunrise - 03/16/1952 Sunset - 09/08/2023 Rev 21:4 - "And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes and death will be no more neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away. " Jo Ann Horton (Brown) was born in Campedo to James & Daisy Horton and attended Durling Middle School & Clearview High School during her High School years. She was an accomplished Tennis Player and as her life evolved after high school, she had 8 children 5 boys & 3 girls. She attended L. C. C. C where she studied Psychology. She loved being involved with her children playing Football, Baseball, Basketball & Volleyball. She really loves her Grandchildren & Great Grandchildren (We think more than us LOL). As the years went by her entrepreneurial spirit rose & rubbed off on her Children & Grandchildren from selling her crafts to dinners & everything in between! She was a very intellectual & loved human being. In death she leaves behind her children: Edward Brown Jr. (Lawrenceville, GA), Jo Nelle Brown (Lawrenceville, GA), Tyrone A. Brown (Lawrenceville, GA), David L. Brown (Lorain, OH), Eric L. Brown (Lorain, OH), Jo Nette Brown (Lorain, OH), James Harold (Lorain, OH), Jo Anna Harold (Lorain, OH), & will forever love her last son, Tyrone White (Lorain, OH), Ex-Husband Tyrone (Tony) Harold, Boyfriend - Michael (Mike Dogg) Walden (Suggie, Matt & Michelle) She was preceded in death by her parents James & Daisy Horton, Brothers & Sisters: Isaac Horton, John Horton, James Horton, Timothy "Timmy" Horton, Mary Ann Tillman (nee Horton), Louise "Lou Lou" Jackson (nee Horton), Rose Ann "Rosie" Tillmon (nee Horton), Martha "MiMi" Horton, Grandson - Paris J. Brown, Great Grandson - Jayden L. Hopson, Nephews and Nieces: Jeffrey Sr. , Richard "Richie" & Christine Tillman, Joseph Harold, Adopted Son George D. Blakely. Along with 33 Grandchildren & 18 Great Grandchildren a host of Nephews and Nieces with a Neighborhood full of adopted children. Special Acknowledgement to Kerri Finnegan, Henry Riggins, Deborah Brown, Angie Brown, Nastassia Davis Lewis, Stacey Dillard, Michelle Hernandez, and Dennis Pettis Sr. Funeral Arrangements Entrusted to Carter Funeral Home Inc.

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