Traci Ayanna Brown, age 36, transitioned on October 12, 2012. Traci is the beloved daughter of Pastor Melvin and Mrs. Helen Brown and sister of Melvin M. and Roderick Brown.

A Minneapolis native, Traci graduated in 1993 from South High School, received a Bachelor of Business Administration from North Carolina A&T University in 1998, and earned a Master of Divinity in 2006 from Howard University.

A Celebration of Life memorial service will be held Saturday, November 3, 2012, 1-3 pm, at Bethlehem Baptist Church at 720 13^th Avenue South, Minneapolis, 55415. She was buried in Vossburg, Mississippi on Oct. 20, 2012. The family requests no flowers.