The families of the late Minnie E. Brown and Daniel A. L. McCaulay, Sr. held a joint memorial service at the S. Trowen Nagbe Methodist Church on Friday, April 24, 2026, to honor and lives and legacies.
The service, which was officiated by Pastor Blidi Nimley, senior pastor of the S. T. Nagbe Methodist Church, brought together family members, friends and well-wishers. Some of those in attendance included Togba-Nah Tipoteh, Conmany B. Wesseh, Amb. Charles A. Minor and Amb. Dew Tuan Wleh Mayson, younger brother of the late Daniel A. L. McCaulay, Sr.
Minnie E. Brown, who passed away in Philadelphia, USA on November 21, 2025, was born to the union of Urias A. Brown, Sr. and Minnie Brumskine on March 8, 1942. Minnie attended St. Teresa Convent Catholic School and as a student, she excelled academically. One of her former classmates described her as “a very smart student who was always in the top 3 of her class.” After high school, Minnie obtained a scholarship to go to Dakar, Senegal and later, Paris, France to study French, in which she achieved fluency.
Upon her return to Liberia, Minnie met Daniel and they would fall in love and get married. They had 4 children: Edgar (Badou), Daniel Jr., Danminetta and Moco. After having kids, Minnie would later go on to obtain a Law degree from the Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law at the University of Liberia. She became a Counselor at Law and worked for several reputable law firms in Liberia. At one point in her career, Minnie ran her own law practice before later serving as the lead counsel for the Liberia Agricultural Company (LAC) in Grand Bassa County.
Minnie was an accomplished woman in her own right. She was also a strikingly beautiful woman, who possessed a keen intellect, the epitome of beauty and brains.
May her soul rest in peace!
Daniel A. L. McCaulay, Sr. was born to the union of Elijah McCaulay and Frances Mayson, néé Thomas, on November 5, 1940, in Greenville, Sinoe County.
Daniel attended Sinoe High School and as a student, he excelled academically and was the dux of his class. The progeny of parents who themselves were high achievers – Elijah McCaulay, a self-taught multi-instrumentalist, who served as pastor and musical director in the First United Methodist Church in Greenville and Frances Mayson, an educationalist, who taught for many years at the Frank Brown Junior High School – Daniel was selected to represent Liberia at the World Youth Conference in the Netherlands while still in high school.
Moving to Monrovia, Daniel matriculated at the University of Liberia. There, he also shone academically and, after graduating, he held several jobs including assistant to James E. Greene, Vice President of Liberia, before becoming an auditor and rising to become Liberia’s Deputy Auditor General.
A down-to-earth man and dedicated public servant, he eschewed pomposity and vainglory, his natural inclination to lead from the back. For him, a government job wasn’t an opportunity to acquire ill-gained wealth, but to serve his country with diligence.
Daniel was tragically killed on July 3, 1990, during the Liberian Civil War.
May his soul rest in peace!
The internment ceremony was held at the Gate of Heaven Memorial Cemetery in Bentol City.
Minnie and Daniel are survived by their children, Badou Edgar Khan, Daniel A. L. McCaulay, Jr., Danminetta McCaulay Baysah and Moco McCaulay. Minnie’s surviving siblings include, Urietta Gibson, Evelyn Moulton, Clarice Dickerson, Josiah McFoy, George McFoy, Colins McFoy and Sam McFoy. Daniel’s surviving siblings include Dew Tuah Wleh Mayson, Emily Peal, Samuel G. Mayson and Robert Mayson, Vesta McCaulay Chon, Lady McCaulay, MacDella McCaulay and Elwood McCaulay.
