Mr. Kenneth Alonzo Brown

Retired adolescent therapist and high school teacher, Kenneth Alonzo Brown departed this life late in the evening on November 24th 2022 at the age of 78 years old At MUSC Hospital. Kenneth was born in Charleston South Carolina on July 21st 1944 to Frederick Sr. and Sadie Brown , the last of nine children, and was raised in Charleston's Gadsden Green community. In his youth he was known for his singing as well as for a good bit of athletic skill, including track an field. After graduating Burke high school in 1962, Kenneth earned his bachelor's degree in Art at Benedict College in 1966. Kenneth then entered the United States Army in 1967 and served until 1970, including a 19 month tour of duty in Korea. After his service, Kenneth returned home to take care of ailing family members. He started his work in education at the Coastal Center of Summerville. During the 1980s and nineties Kenneth served as a math and special education teacher at Holly Hill Roberts high school in Orangeburg County South Carolina. He retired to return to Charleston in the late nineties, serving as a Therapist at the Medical University of South Carolina Psychiatric hospital until his retirement in 2012. Kenneth was an avid reader and possessed a library with many hundreds to volumes. He was a lover of the Jazz of legends of the 1960s as well as Motown. He enjoyed baseball as well as other sports. He designed the daily privilege of walking exactly one block to work for his last 25 years of employment. He was the greatest collector of containers anyone has ever seen. He has also been known to emulate the voice of Donald Duck in the presence of small children. Kenneth was a loving son, father, brother, and uncle. The family members that preceded him in death were : parents, Frederick and Sadie Brown; sisters, Betty, Claramel, Helen, and Mary; brothers, Arthur, Frederick, William, and Lawrence. The surviving family members that will cherish his memory include: son Warren; brother-in-law Harold; sister-in-law, Patricia; nine nieces, six nephews; numerous grandnieces and nephews; great-grand nieces and nephews; great-great grand nieces and nephews; and other family members and friends.

Mr. Kenneth Alonzo Brown

July 21, 1944 - November 24, 2022