Friends and family of Andrew Brown Jr., say they will remember him as a devoted and loving father, who wanted to give his children things he didn't always have.
"Andrew was a sweetheart," said Monique Gaddy, 52. "He dropped out of school, but he was very adamant about his children getting an education."
Gaddy, like many in Elizabeth City, a small community in coastal North Carolina, knew Brown since he was a small child.
Brown, 42, was shot and killed by Pasquotank County Sheriff's deputies on April 21. The shooting is under investigation by the FBI and state authorities.
Brown will be remembered with a private funeral service Monday in Elizabeth City, where he grew up surrounded by a large extended family.