Melvin Jerome

Brown Sr.

Funeral Service Announcement

Funeral service for Melvin Jerome Brown Sr., age 77, a resident of #57 South Beach Drive, New Providence, Bahamas, will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday November 13, 2026, at Christ The King Anglican Church, Ridgeland Park West. Officiating will be Father Bernard Been, assisted by other ministers of the gospel. Cremation will follow.

Precious memories will forever be loved and cherish by his Wife: Cheryl Brown; Children: Cherie (Arthur) Culmer, Chanel (Le’Jon) Ferguson, Melvin Brown II, Jasmine Allen, Savannah Bethel, Shervandaze Smith; Grandchildren: L’Chey Culmer, Chadi Austin, Devon Culmer, Ayden Ferguson, Melvin Brown III, Ma’lah Brown, Nailah and Luca Harper; Great-Grandchildren: Kaelyn Greenslade, Camiyah and Zayelle Culmer; Sisters: Helen (Ernest) Bethel, Wilhemenia (Dave) Bastian; Brother-in-law: Carlton (Paulette) Haven; Sisters-in-Law: Elizabeth Brown, Sylvia Brown, Sharon Aranha, Woods, Lorna Aranha; Nieces: Carla (Ricardo Sr.) Stuart, Carmen Brown, Rodrika Brown, Cheryl (Rev. Michael Rolle), Zelda Bethel, Alisa Bishop, Stefan Russell, Aline Sargent, Alison Shanino Swan, Roberta Brown, Teaneea and Elthienea Brown, Valencia Brown, Brenda, Charlene Bethel, Stacey McIntosh, Yvette, Kim, Dedrie Rolle, Geneive Black, Carla Henderson, Jazzel Simms, April, Desiree Rahming, Arona Aranah, Lucia (Christopher) Butler; Nephews: Jermaine Brown, Hartman Brown, Apostle Alex and Prophetess Olivia Brown, Brian and Prince Bethel, Jermain Aranha, Moses Randy Haven, Rommel, Paul (Sally) Rolle, Maurice (Elizabeth) Rolle, Paul (Elizabeth) Haven, Carlton (Rhonda) Haven Jr., Sharon Aranha Woods, Lorna Aranha; numerous Grandnieces, Grandnephews, Cousins and Special Friends: Janet Deveaux and Family, Sandra Deveaux and Family, Thea Munroe, Thessa Rolle, Eugene Cooper and Family, Oliver Hutchinson and Family, Stanley Sturrup and Family, Spence Finlayson and Family, Kalah, Cleso, Dorathea Pratt, Gertymae Beneby and Family, Dr. Patrick Whitfield, Dr. Kenny Knowles, Dr. Adrien Sawyer, Clinton McCartney, Kim McCartney, The entire McCartney Pharmacy Staff, Patrice Colebrooke and Family, Rev. Fr. Bernard Been, Rev. Anatol Ferguson, The Rev. Canon Stephen Davies Temra Newbold and Family, Rufus Ferguson and Family, Nicholas Pinder and Family, Monique Taylor, Wendy Major, Fianka Major, Angela and Floyd, Ruthmae, Sophia Rolle and Family, Jennifer Clarke and Family, Neville Bethel, Hyacinth Smith and Family, Tai Pinder and Family, Shennel Sands and Family, Eunice Culmer and Family, Sharan Moss and Family, Audery Culmer and Family, Jamal Butler, Tina Deleveaux, Devon Stuart, The Atlantis Casino Family, Tameka Forbes and Family, Fr. I. Ranfurly Brown, Stephanie Johnson, Phill Johnson, Joan Mackey and Family, Carmela McKinney, Earl McPhee, Osbourne Pintard and family, Christ the King ACM and ACW, Christ the King Anglican Church, Transfiguration Baptist Church, Heritage Missionary Baptist Church Family, Mount Pleasant Village Family, Aquinas College Class of 1958, Frederick Curry and a host of relatives and friends.

There will be NO repass.

Relatives and friends may pay their respects at Cedar Crest Funeral Home and Crematorium Ltd., Robinson and Baillou Hill Roads on Thursday from 12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m. and at the church on Friday from 9:00 a.m. until service time.