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"I hope you've been proud of me. I've done my best."


Bill Griggs
Owner/Operator, Wayside Cleaners

Dr. Curtis E. Edmonds

Singer Bonnie Raitt is moved to tears as she talks about her longtime friend and mentor Ruth Brown
during her funeral, held at Portsmouth's Willett Hall.

Maxine Brown


Ruth Brown's son Ronald David McPhatter sings a tribute to his mother during her funeral
Tuesday at Willett Hall in Portsmouth. His brother, Earl Swanson Jr., is at left.


Rev. Lonnie C. McClain


Ed Joyner & Maxine Brown I finally met the lady who sang "All in My Mind," "Funny,"
"Something You Got," "Oh No Not My Baby" Maxine Brown.














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