ERNEST LINERT BROWN, JR., 79, OF HOUSTON, TEXAS, PASSED AWAY ON JANUARY 8TH, 2024 IN HOSTON, TEXAS. HE WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER 15, 1944 IN HOUSTON, TEXAS. ERNEST WAS A KIND AND GENTLE MAN, ALWAYS SPORTING A SMILE AND READY TO LEND A HELPING HAND. HIS JOKES BROUGHT SMILES AND LAUGHTER TO THOSE AROUND HIM.

ERNEST IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING WIFE JOANNE BROWN, HIS DAUGHTERS AZIZA BROWN AND DALILA JENKINS, HIS SISTERS PATRICIA DOUGLAS AND KATHERINE MILLS, HIS NEPHEW JOHN DOUGLAS, HIS NIECES LARA ROUTT AND ROBIN MORTON AND HIS GRANDCHILDREN DARON, DEVON, AND ZOE JOHNS. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, ERNEST L. BROWN, SR. AND BEULAH MAE BROWN, AS WELL AS HIS SIBLINGS MARY MORTON AND THOMAS ROUTT.

ERNEST ATTENDED WORTHING HIGH SCHOOL AND LATER PURSUED HIGHER EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON. HE PROUDLY SERVED IN THE ARMY FROM 1963 TO 1971.

THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, ERNEST WORKED AS A COMPUTER OPERATOR AT GORDON'S JEWELRY. HE CONTINUED HIS JOURNEY IN THE IT FIELD WITH TEXAS INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES AND LATER RETIRED IN 2007 AFTER 30 YEARS OF SERVICE AT HARRIS COUNTY.

ERNEST FOUND SOLACE AND COMMUNITY IN HIS PLACES OF WORSHIP, SOUTH UNION BAPTIST CHURCH AND WINDSOR VILLAGE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. HE WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE LIONS CLUB, KIDS OF CHARACTER, ARMOR BEARERS, AND DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS.

ROSS MORTUARY IN HOUSTON, TEXAS, IS ASSISTING THE FAMILY WITH THE ARRANGEMENTS. A MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD ON JANUARY 16TH, 2024 AT 11 AM AT ROSS MORTUARY LOCATED AT 3618 LYONS AVE. HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77020.

ERNEST LINERT BROWN, JR. WAS A BELOVED HUSBAND, FATHER, BROTHER, AND GRANDFATHER. HE WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED BY ALL WHO HAD THE PLEASURE OF KNOWING HIM.

Ernest Linert Brown Jr. departed this life January 8, 2024. Memorial Services will be held Tuesday January 16, 2024, at 11am. Services will be held in the Chapel of Ross Mortuary 3618 Lyons Ave. Houston, Texas 77020.