Doris Beatrice (Floyd) Brown was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey on June 1, 1924 to Robert M. Floyd and Lucille S. Shill. Doris was the third oldest of four siblings from this union. Doris Floyd is a 1942 graduate of Atlantic City High

Doris Floyd is a 1942 graduate of Atlantic City High School, and subsequently moved to Queens, New York soon after graduation. It would be in Queens that Doris would meet her future husband, John A. Brown of Hemingway, South Carolina. John and Doris United in marriage on September 18, 1944, and in 1945 welcomed the first of two children, a son named Warren Brown. 

Doris was actively involved in her local Methodist church, as well as the Queensbridge community projects in which she lived and raised her family. As a mentor in the church, she and other women of the church started the Karaoke Girls Club, which mentored young girls into womenhood. In 1958, Doris began a 30 year career with AT&T, of which she retired in 1988.

In her later years she was known for being a loving and caring grandmother to her many grandchildren, and loving aunt to her nieces and nephews. Additionally she spent her time volunteering at her neighborhood community center in the Bedford-stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, New York. She dedicated herself to this community until her physical ailments caused her to move down south to live with her daughter until the time of her passing on September 16, 2017. 

Doris Beatrice (Floyd) Brown was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and son. She was survived by one sibling, Lillian Floyd; her daughter Camille (Walter) Carpenter; her daughter-in-law Collette (Mizzell) Brown; six grandchildren, Camille R. B. Carpenter, Tara S. Brown, Jeron Mizzell, Damon Mizzell, Kareem Brown, and Latanya Collier; along with nine great-grandchildren, one great-great grandchild, and a host of nieces and nephews.

The Floyd, Brown, and Carpenter families would like to give a sincere thanks to Agape Hospice Care and Bethel A.M.E. Church for their care, love, and support of Mrs. Doris Brown during her remaining time with us. She was deeply loved and valued by all who knew her, and will be greatly missed.