Lucille Carstella Brown

Lucille Carstella Brown (McNeil) entered eternal rest on the evening of July 19, 2022 at 6:37PM after suffering a cardiac event due to complications from Covid - 19. Lucille was born on March 26, 1945 to Jesse Andrew McNeil and Lucille Janie Parrott in Mound City, IL. Lucille was the fifth of seven children. Lucille was lovingly and affectionately called Carstella or Cille by family and close friends. Lucille was married to the late US Army Staff Sargeant, Milton Otto Brown on August 4, 1965. From this union, they raised five children: Sheena Demeetra, Sebastian Cortez, Derek Denean, Donniel DonAmeche and Nerrissa Deneice. Lucille traveled the world with her husband and children as a Military wife. Milton, her beloved husband passed peacefully on February 16, 2015. Lucille accepted Jesus as her Lord and Personal Savior as a child and was baptized at First Missionary Baptist Church, where she attended church services with her mother and siblings. Lucille later converted to the Pentecostal faith in 1973 while living abroad in Germany with her husband and children. Lucille became an Evangelist in the Church of God in Christ in the late 1970’s while serving under the leadership of Pastor William Ephriam at Progressive Church of God in Christ located in Colorado Springs, CO. Lucille had the voice of an angel when she sang in church and was called on to perform solos at various functions. Lucille remained faithful to her church family in Maryland at Resurrection Life Church Ministry until her final moments. Lucille was educated in the Mound City Public School System where she graduated from Love Joy High School. In 1964, Lucille relocated to New York State where she obtained her degree as a Licensed Practitioner Nurse. Lucille worked as a Nurse in the VA Hospital while living in Seattle, WA and continued her education when she relocated to Stoughton, MA. Lucille loved her family and would do anything to ensure they felt safe and secure. Lucille fondly enjoyed listening to Traditional Gospel Music and later in life became a fan of Contemporary Gospel. Lucille read her Bible daily, would help those who were less fortunate, served in her church and community, and truly represented the light of Christ for all to see as referenced in Ephesians 5:2. Although not perfect, Lucille applied the attributes of a Proverbs 31 woman with all her heart and spirit. Lucille leaves to cherish her memory two daughters, Sheena Demeetra (Brown) Pires of Wareham, MA, Nerrissa Deneice Brown (Eric Scott) of Baltimore, MD; three sons, Sebastian Cortez Brown (Kelly) of Mesquite, TX, Derek Denean Brown of New Bedford, MA, Donniel DonAmeche Brown of Kirkland, WA; seven grandchildren, Donniel Jr, Stephanie, Jessica, Joel, Deandre, Taraji, and Onycha; two brothers, Jesse McNeil (Emma) of Mounds, IL, Dr. Lilburn (Leo) Parrott (Letta) of New Jersey; two sisters, Madarin Berry of Lorain, OH and Shirley Neal (Jewrell) of Toledo, OH and a host of nieces, nephews and close family friends. Lucille will be greatly missed however as the Word of God says in 2 Corinthians 5:8 “We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.” Lucille was preceded in death by her father, Jesse McNeil; her mother, Lucille Parrott; sisters, Helen Kizer, Thelma Jean Parrott, Hattie Rene Prater and Barbara Jean Rayford; and brother, Willie Lee (Bill) Parrott.

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Lucille Carstella Brown

March 26, 1945 - July 19, 2022