Samuel Nathaniel Brown, a retired Maryland Department of Human Resources employee and sports enthusiast, died of complications of multiple sclerosis Nov. 9 at the FutureCare Homewood. He was 53 and lived in Northeast Baltimore.
Born in Baltimore and raised on Kenhill Avenue, he was a 1976 graduate of Polytechnic Institute. He attended Morgan State University for two years before enlisting in the Air Force.
About 25 years ago, he joined the Maryland Department of Human Resources and later worked at its Howard and Saratoga streets building.
Mr. Brown was an accomplished ten-pin bowler and competed in tournaments around the state. He had season tickets to Ravens games. He enjoyed travel to New Orleans and Hawaii. He also liked to read.
Services were held Friday at Zion Baptist Church, where he was a member.
Survivors include his wife of 10 years, the former Kim Neal; a brother, Gary Brown of Baltimore; and two sisters, Monica Douglas of Baltimore and Brenda Brown of New York, N.Y.