Denese Lashun

Brownlee

Dr. Denese Lashun Brownlee was born on April 23, 1956, to the late Shelby Christmas and Oneida Mott in Americus, Georgia. Denese grew up in Americus, and she was educated in the Sumter County School System. She graduated with Honors from Union High School in Leslie, Georgia. Denese attended Tift College in Forsyth, Georgia. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Elementary Education in 1978.

After graduating from college, she moved to Griffin, Georgia, where she was an Elementary School Teacher and a Counselor in the Griffin-Spalding County School System for 34 years. Dr. Brownlee attended West Georgia University in the fall of 1995, and she graduated in August 1998, with a Master's Degree in Education. She continued her educational pursuit in the fall of 1998, at Troy State University in Troy, AL. Dr. Brownlee graduated with a degree of Educational Specialist in 2002. Dr. Brownlee completed her Doctorate Degree in Educational Counseling Psychology at Argosy University in Sarasota, FL in 2013.

Dr. Denese Lashun Brownlee accepted Christ as her Savior at an early age. She was an active member of St. Mark Church in Griffin, Georgia, from 1982 - 1992. She later moved her membership to Tabernacle of Joy Miracle Deliverance Center in Griffin, Georgia. Dr. Brownlee had deep roots in her Christian faith, and she loved to serve her Church and her community.

Dr. Denese Lashun Brownlee leaves a legacy of loving and precious memories to her loving and devoted husband, Robert Brownlee; her children, Robretta Brownlee , Robert (Amanda) Brownlee, Jr., and her bonus daughter, Lashonda Mosley; her stepdaugher, Belinda, and stepsons, Bernard (Charmany) Brownlee, and Barry Brownlee; her sisters, Rev. Pamela (Norris) Harris, and Gail Christmas; her brother, Kenneth Christmas; bonus sister, Mary (Ernest) Johnson; her brothers-in-law, and sisters-in-law, Evette Christmas, Anna Barfield, Juliette (Reginald) Gaston, Pastor Gloria (Leon) Smith, Fleta Daniels, Angelyn (Reginald) Ball, Matrie McCord, Sheila Gates, Renita Johnson, Van Jefferson, James (Katherine) Stroud, Larry Smith, Dwayne (Mamie) Smith, Tores (Odessa) Smith, and Terrence (Lorita) Smith; her aunts, Mrs. Berta Mae Mott, and Mrs. Nettie Mott; her grandchildren, A'Dasia, A'Niyah, and Alivia Brownlee; her bonus grandchildren, Josiah (Si) and Nahla Pearl Jackson; her godson, Emmanuel Blackmon; special friends and co-workers, Mrs. Emmette Lyons, Ms. Cynthia Weaver, Mrs. Muriel Nelson, Ms. Angela Stinson, and Dianne Josey. She also leaves a host of other grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and friends that will miss her dearly.

Visitation will be held on Friday, March 21, 2025, from 4pm - 6pm at Burden's Funeral Home. Service will be held on Saturday, March 22, 2025, at Tabernacle of Joy Miracle Deliverance Center. The body will lie in state one hour prior to the service hour. Pastor Verlene Morgan Pastor, and Pastor D. Morgan is the Eulogist.