Lottie Mae Lamb

LOTTIE MAE LAMB departed this life on January 24, 2014 peacefully at home after a glorious and active life. Lottie was born December 19, 1939 in Nash County, North Carolina to the late Molly Adell (Bullock) Brown (1912-1985), and the late Johnnie Brown of Rocky Mount, North Carolina who died when she was a child. Educated at the Nash County Training School in North Carolina, Aunt Lottie came to Baltimore at the age of 18 and stayed on with her oldest sister Christine and brother Will until she was able to hold her own. She was affectionately called “Bey” because she was the baby, by her 4 brothers and sisters which included the oldest sibling Quentin Brown of New York and also Mary Lee Davis of Baltimore. Aunt Lottie worked for the Reinhoff family of Roland Park for over 30 years beginning as a Nanny with light housekeeping. The family noted that out of all the many applicants who interviewed for the job, something just stood out about Aunt Lottie. Over the years, the family grew to love and cherish Aunt Lottie just as she loved the family and cared for their now grownup children Sara and Will. She and their youngest son Will, who was born a few years after she began work with the family, grew to develop a special nurturing bond. Aunt Lottie continued to work with the family part-time until her death and always spoke lovingly and shared enjoyable stories of her time with Will and Sara. Other milestones in her younger years included time spent “barning” tobacco in Rocky Mount, working for the Shapiro Rag Factory and the Maryland Glass Corporation in Baltimore, and working for the Bryant family in Baltimore. She had a brief marriage to Floyd Lamb which ended in 1993. She fondly spoke of memories from her relatives in North Carolina: Aunt Julia, Aunt Lena, Uncle Les, Uncle Levi, Uncle Hubbard, and her maternal grandparents Lacey B Bulluck and Will Bulluck, an ex sister-in-law Marva Brown, a cousin Iris Bullock in D.C. and her shy first teenaged crush named “Sweet”. She also spoke of the family’s years at Rocky Hill Baptist Church, under Reverend Massenberg, and of being too shy to sing in church with her brothers and sisters, who once cut a record, and were known as “The Smiling Four Quartet.” Aunt Lottie led an energetic and active life and loved her quality time with family and her niece Vickie, who preceded her in death, and her niece Cathy. The three always shared a special love with memorable and fun times, often dragging Aunt Lottie to flea markets, which she hated because she only likes new and nicer things. Aunt Lottie remained the stalwart of the family, and continued to provide much needed love, guidance and wisdom to Cathy even up until her death. Cathy says she always looked up to Aunt Lottie and saw her as her role model whom she wanted to grow up to be just like, courageous, independent, self-sufficient and living life on her own terms. Aunt Lottie also leaves to mourn her little dog “Shi Shi” the family pet cockapoo that she had adopted from her niece Vickie and loved dearly. She lovingly complained that Shi Shi followed her throughout the house, from room to room, and was never far away from her. This meant walks she didn’t always want to take, visits to the vet and grooming bills, but it was all worth it for the pet she loved. A favorite past time for Aunt Lottie grew from playing Bingo at Reisterstown Plaza, Perring Parkway and Merritt Boulevard to playing the lottery and getting on the motor coach bus that goes to the casino in Delaware Park with other seniors and friends. She was a regular and made many lasting friendships on that bus which includes the bus host Peaches and Willie Mae Powell, an inlaw of her late sister Christine Brown Powell. She was anxiously awaiting the arrival of Baltimore’s casino which was still being built. Aunt Lottie leaves to cherish her memory: her nieces and nephews and their families, Cathy Powell of Baltimore and Cephus “Brother” Carl Powell of Richmond Virginia, Darron Brown of Baltimore; a sister-in-law, Adelia Lee; brother-in-law, Leroy Davis of Rocky Mount with niece and nephew, Tony and Brenda Davis; a lifelong friend, Bob Hubert; grand-nieces, Takiesha Sabrina Charles, Amina Ebony Nur, and Patricia Christine Powell; and a host of other nieces, nephews, step-nieces and -nephews, in-laws, and family and friends including children of her late brother Quentin, Quentin Brown Jr., April Brown and Zechoriah Brown of Syracuse, New York.

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Lottie Mae Lamb

December 19, 1939 - January 24, 2014