Albert Dean Browning, 81, of Shallotte died November 1, 2024. Born in Puritan Mines, West Virginia, on July 29, 1943, he was a son of the late Dan Browning and Ruby Nicholas Browning. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by a daughter, Belinda Gail Browning, and siblings, Edna Mae Ferrell, Irene Copley and Dan Browning, Jr. He was a Navy Veteran and a retired electrician.

Albert and his first wife, June, were married forty-two years until her death in 2006. Later in 2007, he met Lisa and they have been together since their marriage on April 4, 2014; and those ten years weren’t long enough. Albert’s saying was always, “the first three letters in funeral are fun.”

Albert was a man of any talents: school teacher, pilot, master electrician, avid guitar player, and author (three books). His love for his family was like no other. He was a Christian, and devout believer in God. He loved his whole family and never met a stranger. He had a smile on his face everywhere he went.  

Surviving are his wife, Lisa Marie Kennedy Browning; daughter, Beverly Ballou (Aaron); sons, Albert D. Browning, II (Victoria), William Saunders, Waylon Saunders, and Cody Kivett; brothers, Dallas Browning (Rose) and John Browning; sisters, Lorraine Sammons, Billie Jo Maynard (Carl) and Annarose Browning; grandchildren, Zachary Dean Browning, Jordan Nichole Johnson and Abigail Mae Ballou; great grandson, Jeff Nathaniel Johnson; mother-in-law, Sharon Kennedy; sisters-in law, Christene Beck, Melissa Francis, Joyce Parks, Tracy Johnson; and brother-in-law, Kenneth Kennedy, Jr.

Funeral services will be conducted at 3:00 PM Sunday, November 3, 2024, in the Shallotte Chapel of Brunswick Funeral Service, 5229 Ocean Highway, West, Shallotte, NC. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.

Burial will be in Mountain View Memorial Gardens, Maher, West Virginia.