Betty Davis Brown

Published 11:00 am Thursday, May 29, 2014

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Betty Davis Brown, formerly of Vicksburg, died Sunday, May 25, 2014, at her home in Syracuse.

Ms. Brown was a former member of Jackson Street Baptist Church. She was a 1962 graduate of St. Mary’s Catholic School and a 1965 graduate of St. Theresa School of Nursing in Chicago. She retired from Upstate Medical Center in 1997 with 30 years of service, and was a member of Tucker Missionary Baptist Church in Syracuse, where she served on different committees, and was active in the community.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Fred Sr. and Florence Davis, and sisters Margaret and Mildred Davis.

Survivors include her children, Kimberly and Greg Brown of Syracuse; brother, Fred D. Davis Jr. of Vicksburg; and nieces, nephews, cousins, and other relatives, including the Cameron, Cosby, Hall, McGriggs, McGowan and Collier families.

Services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 3, 2014, at Tucker Missionary Baptist Church in Syracuse, under the direction of Burns and Garfield Funeral Home of Syracuse.