Milton Eugene Brown, Sr. affectionally known as "Micky," was born July 24, 1933, in Washington, DC to Zema Brown. "Micky," attended District of Columbia Public Schools until he took a job as a hot walker; walking horses to cool them down. Then he moved from being a hot walker to becoming a groomer, and from a groomer, he rose to become a trainer. An especially incredible feat given the racial climate of the era. Mickey helped his younger brother, "Pedro" to follow in his footsteps. Mickey's work breaking and training racehorses took him all over the United States, as he became a national expert on horse caretaking and training. Mickey also became a nationally renowned advisor on horse rearing and even horse racing. Mickey was known for his incredible storyteller who could tell a story and make you feel like you were a part of it. Mickey told his children all kinds of stories, and some of the stories came true. For example, when his children were younger, he would gather them around him and say: "you all may not believe me. You all may think I'm crazy, but you see this telephone? In the future, you'll see the people you're talking to on the phone. One day, cars won't need gas, you'll be able to plug them up. And computers are going to take over. People won't have jobs because robots will do everything. You watch."

Mickey loved music, all kinds of music. Mickey once described music as the "language of the soul, that anyone could understand no matter who they were, or where they were from." Mickey loved jazz, rhythm and blues, pure blues, and even what he termed "hoodlum music," or rap. In fact, Mickey was a co-owner of a bar named: "Deon's" in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Even as a co-owner, Mickey "spinned the records" on the dance floor because he said it was his job to keep the place: "jumping."  Mickey was very creative and imaginative. He loved to tinker, and take household appliances, gadgets, electronics a part—in the interest of "making them better," only to put them back together in a new way, unconventional way. Still, however, the appliance, gadget, or electronic worked. Mickey was also a creative cook. He was known for somehow putting unconventional ingredients together and creating his version of culinary masterpieces that even though they did not necessarily look good, they tasted good.

Mickey had a magnetic personality that made the most unlikely of people want to stop and talk with him. When strangers would happen upon Mickey, they would often talk with him for hours as if they were old friends. Mickey was a loving man, who displayed his affection to his family, friends, and especially children and grandchildren often and enthusiastically.  Mickey had an incredible sense of humor and was very cultured.  Mickey survived his mother, Zema Brown, his wife Barbara Brown, his siblings: Claude Thomas "Pedro" (brother), Marie Cecelia (sister), Nadine Elizabeth (sister), Margaret Ann "Peggy" (sister), Wayne Troy (brother), and his grandson Douglas Cooper. Mickey leaves to cherish his legacy his children: Milton Eugene Jr., Sharon Roxanne, Edward Bradley, Calton Leon, Mark Anthony, Zema Pannell, and Kimmica Pannell and his brother, Vincent LaRoy, and a host of grand, great, and great-great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends