Josephine Conway Lewis Brown was born on December 15, 1935, in King George County, VA, to the late William H. Conway, Sr. and Jennie Clark Conway. Josephine was the youngest of eleven children. Josephine passed away unexpectedly on Friday, June 23, 2023, at Mary Washington Hospital.

Josephine attended Ralph Bunche School, King George, VA. She was employed in the Housekeeping Department at Mary Washington Hospital and retired in December 1997 after 23 years of employment. Josephine loved family, traveling, collecting elephant figurines, watching wrestling every night, and playing Church Bingo on Fridays. She became the bride of Frederick Bernard Brown on August 14, 1993.

Josephine accepted Christ at an early age. She was a member of Union Belle Baptist Church, Falmouth, VA, where she actively served as an Usher and took on the responsibility of maintaining the church flower bed with her daughter. Josephine, "Aunt Jo", "Jo", "Phinie", "Ms. Brown" will be greatly missed by all.

In additional to her parents Josephine was preceded in death by her first husband, Chester Roosevelt Lewis, and nine siblings, Elizabeth Conway, Virginia Hawkins, Lucille Thomas, Elsie Dorsey, Minnie Conway, Charles Conway, Mack Conway, William Conway, Jr., Frank Conway, one son, Chester Lewis, sons-in-law, London Woolfolk, Michael Brown, and Audrick Brown, Sr., and sister-in-law, Edith Brown.

Josephine leaves to cherish her memory her loving husband of twenty-nine years, Frederick Bernard Brown, two daughters, Carolyn Woolfolk, and Virginia "DeeDee" Brown (Van) both of Fredericksburg, VA; two sons Larry R. Lewis (Celane), Fredericksburg, VA, and Mark Lewis (Rachel), Caroline, VA; fifteen grandchildren, (special granddaughters, Latonia Johnson and Jasmine Minor); thirteen great-grandchildren, (very special great-granddaughters, Dasha Hill, and NiAsia Winfree), eight great-great- grandchildren; one sister, Annie B. Scott, King George, VA, one daughter-in-law, Michelle Lewis; one brother-in-law, James Brown, King George, VA; nieces (special nieces Sharon Brooks and Jennie Beard; a very special niece, JoAnne Fowler; nephews and other family and friends.

A viewing will be held at A.L. Bennett and Son Funeral Home on Saturday, July 8, 2023, at 10:00 AM followed by a funeral service at 11:00 AM. The interment will follow at Union Bell Baptist Church, in Falmouth, VA.