September 14 1949 September 5 2019 (age 69)
Patricia Brown aka Pat Brown “Ms. Equal Opportunity” Mrs. Patricia Brown gracefully transitioned from her earthly stage to join her forerunners in eternal rest with the Lord on Thursday, September 5, 2019, in Jackson, Mississippi surround by some of her loving and devoted family members. The blues and southern soul styles of Meridian Natives Pat Brown was born Patricia Rush on September 14, 1949. She attended Harris Jr. College, also in Meridian, where she joined a group called The Dynamics which later became The Commodores. As a child, her Idols and babysitters were Al Wilson (Show & Tell), David Ruffin and Jimmy Ruffin “who all pushed or inspired her to continue to sing and work hard”. After college, she moved to Jackson, Mississippi where she began her recording career. She struck gold on her first album with the great “Equal Opportunity” which has become a southern soul anthem and her signature song. Pat had a great voice and proved she could sing blues, Memphis soul, R & B dance music, pop standards, and smooth contemporary soul. Pat first Ace album for contains the classic “Equal Opportunity”, a duet with Willie Clayton. The song struck a chord with the ladies- if the men can go off and cheat than what’s fair is fair- so can the women. How’s that for “equal rights”?! The song was co-written by master songwriter Bob Jones. Both he and Clayton contribute two more numbers (the slow blues “Love In” and the breezy “Don’t Get Off On Me”) as well. Brown is an Aretha Franklin/Ann Peebles disciple vocally and her take on “I’m Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down” (miscredited to Clayton) proves it. Pat had that vulnerable- yet tough- tone to her voice like all good female blues and soul singers. Pat Brown has touched the lives of so many peoples all over the world and her passing will leave a void in so many lives. She will be forever remembered through her songs, and love she shared with the world: Mrs. Pat Brown will Lie in state on Wednesday, September 11, 2019, at Peoples Funeral Home, located at 886 N. Farish Street – Jackson, MS 39202, between the hours of 12-7 p.m. with friends and family gathering from 7-8 p.m. – Rev. Joe A. Washington will bring words of comfort. Funeral service will be held on Thursday, September 12, 2019, at 11:00 a.m. at Macedonia Primitive Baptist Church, located at 2012 Lynch Ave Meridian, MS 39301 In Lieu of flowers, the family asks that you continue to support one of Mrs. Pat Brown passions, the Macedonia School Scholarship Fund in Meridian, MS. Services are entrusted to Berry and Gardner Funeral Home in Meridian, MS and Peoples Funeral Home Jackson, MS “A rose has loss a petal, and gently it falls to the ground, but the rose still gives off its smell of sweetness and continue to give off it lustrous shine, but then God notices his beautiful rose beginning to wither and die, so He reaches down and gently picks up his creation and plants it among his heavenly creation, to forever grow in beauty and to forever be planted in His heavenly steam of life”. Peoles Funeral Home Phone: (601) 969-3040 Fax: (601) 355-4707 email: peoplesfuneralhome1@yahoo.com “Serving Families Since 1925”
Our most sincere sympathies to the family and friends of Particia Pat Equal Opportunity Brown September 14 1949 September 5 2019 (age 69).
Death notice for the town of: Jackson, state: Mississippi