Gordon leaves to celebrate his legacy to his loving wife of 25+ years, Marilyn Brown, his children: Maria Fernandez, Christopher Brown, Ian Brown and Joshua Brown; grandchildren: Ariyanna Brown, Nitalyana Fernandez, Donovan Fernandez, Joshua Brown, Jaxsen Brown, Chris Brown Jr. and Jessie Brown; siblings: Madeline O. Dickens (Eddie Sang), Margaret T. Hall, Olive C. Brown, Lila M. Gardner (Keith Gardner), Marcia P. Williams (Dennis Carhart), Marie R. Davis (Byron Davis) Paul Wingley Calder, mother-in-law, Polly Nelson, in-laws: Monica Leflore (Kay), Dwayne Cotton (Jody), Roderick Cotton, Cheri Loud and Bobby Loud, his nieces and nephews, and a host of relatives and friends.
Gordon is preceded in death by his parents, Clarence H. Brown and Ivy Winnifred Lewis, his brothers; Andrew L. Dyke and Paul M. Calder.