Mr. William T. Brown "Nick"

William Thomas Brown, affectionately known as Nick, departed this life on Thursday, October 6, 2022, at home surrounded by his family.

Nick was born on April 9, 1956, to the late Mary Brown and Herbert Winfield. He was baptized at a very early age at Rising Mount Zion Baptist Church Carson, Virginia, where he sang in the church choir. He was employed at V-Tech for 15 years and held many other jobs as “the maintenance man”. Nick was very devoted to his children and grandchildren - always being available and present.

He was preceded in death by a brother, Jerome Winfield; daughter, Raven Sample; grandchildren, Bryant S. Lundy, and Miracle Pegram, devoted friend, Harvey Bland; five aunts and six cousins.

Left to cherish his precious memories are his wife, Linda “Buck” Brown; children, Mikelle Brown (Crystal), Brandon Gee (Shavonne), Alphonso Sample (Shicunda), Ron Smith Sr., Candra Pegram (Anthony), Shanika Brown, Charisse Hendrix, Tanisha Granderson and Fantazia Dillard; three brothers, Jerome Vaughan, Thomas Vaughan, and devoted brother, Darrell Brown (Julia); one uncle, Norman Brown (Della); 20 grandchildren, including devoted grandchildren Dymun, Aykira, Kj, and Miangel; three great grandchildren; and a host of ‘uncle daddies kids’ to include Toshunda, Shawanda, Twanda, Jawan, Tyree, Bryant, Deidre, Antineka, Laquisha Que’miyah, Praise, Serenity, Messiah, Mike, James, Jessika, and Ezrah; devoted friends, Teddy Johnson and Benjamin Thorpe.

A celebration of life service will be held on Friday, October 14, 2022, at 1:00pm at Rising Mount Zion Baptist Church, 20800 Templeton Road, Carson Va., with Rev. Antonio Arnold, Officiating, interment to follow in the church cemetery.

A public viewing will be held on Thursday, October 13, 2022 from 1:00 p.m. to 8:p.m. at J. L. Dodson and Sons Funeral Establishment-Petersburg.

Family and friends are asked to assemble at 11:45 a.m. on the day of the service at his residence .

Service may be viewed by Livestream at/https://www.jldodsonandsons.com/LiveStream

For the health and safety of attendees, masks are required at all visitations and services. Attendees are asked to adhere to social distancing guidelines.

Professional services entrusted to the staff of the J.L. Dodson and Sons Funeral Establishment, 25824 Greensville Avenue, Petersburg Virginia 23803. (804) 732-5959 and (804) 834-3330. Rev. Jeffrey L. Dodson, Sr., Funeral Director. Online condolences may be registered at www.jldodsonandsons.com “Our Family Servicing Your Family”