Sarah Marie Fortenberry Obituary

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Sarah Marie Fortenberry in Dallas, Texas, born in Oak Ridge, Louisiana, who passed away on March 15, 2023, at the age of 85, leaving to mourn family and friends. Family and friends are welcome to send flowers or leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.

She was loved and cherished by many people including: her parents, Melvin Fortenberry and Rosezetter Fortenberry; her siblings, Curtis McWoodson, Sammy McWoodson and Theodora Rolland; her sons, Rickey E. Brown and Gregory Charles Brown; her grandchild Denoris B. Harris II; her children, Michael Brown (Paquita) of North Ridgeville, OH, Vernell Brown (Jennifer) of McKinney, TX, Maurice Fortenberry of Dallas, TX, Debra Fortenberry-Wiley of Lancaster, TX, Marilyn Harris (Denoris) of Dallas, TX, Sandra Nelson (Michael) of Dallas, TX, Hattie Miller (Phillip) of Lancaster, TX, Carla Gates (Eugene) of Lancaster, TX and Nena Fortenberry of Dallas, TX; her siblings, John Fortenberry of Cedar Hill, TX, Donald Fortenberry of Dallas, TX, Dorothy Haynes of Cedar Hill, TX and Mary Alice Seay (Joe) of Bastrop, LA; and her daughter-in-law Benilda Brown. She was also cherished by twenty-two grandchildren, twenty-nine great grandchildren and four great great grandchildren; one very special niece.