STEPHANIE BROWN

On a cloudy day with light rain, on September 3 in 1964 Stephanie Renee Taylor was born to Dorothy Mae Taylor and James ‘Charles’ Taylor Jr. in Chicago, IL.

Stephanie graduated from Cathedral High School in 1982, she went on to study Biology at Langston University and earned her RN degree at North Central Texas College. Stephanie is not only remembered by her 30+ years as a nurse, as she was actively involved with the Mesquite Peewee Drill Team Association from 1998 until 2015.

After college Stephanie married Randy Alphonso Duncan in 1985 and had two children Monique Renee Duncan and Randy Alan Duncan.

Stephanie married Richard Phillip Gordon in 1988. To their union they had three children Kristina Purnell, Erica Danielle Gordon and Richard Phillip Gordon Jr.

Stephanie married her best friend and love of her life, Adolph Valdo Brown, on September 12, 2016. They traveled across the United States the majority of 2017 through 2019. They lived in the Valley, far south as you can go in TX near Brownsville and moved back to Dallas in 2019. They loved spending time together at the casino, the beach and in the ocean, and they were foodies who always loved to go out and try new foods.

On May 16, 2022, Stephanie Renee Taylor life journey ended. She was just 57 years old.

Stephanie was preceded in death by her daughter Monique Renee Duncan, father James ‘Charles’ Taylor Jr, grandmother Zolena Baggett, Mother Dorothy Mae Taylor, mother in-law Velda Lee Brown, father in-law Adolph Brown Sr.

She is survived by her husband Adolph Valdo Brown, sister Arlene Baggett Perry. Stephanie was a proud mother of five children: son Randy Alan Duncan,(Malorey) daughter Kristina Purnell, daughter Erica Danielle Gordon, and son Richard Phillip Gordon Jr. She has five grandchildren: Isiah Mckee Anderson, Aisha Nicole Anderson, Jamarian De’shaun Gordon, Randy Alan Duncan Jr, Rylan Paul Duncan and a host of cousins, family and friends.

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