December 7, 2019 at 5:15 a.m.
Anna Brown
May 28, 1923-Dec. 5, 2019
Anna Mae Brown, age 96, of Portland passed away Thursday morning, Dec. 5, 2019, at IU Health Jay.
She was born in Knott County, Kentucky, on May 28, 1923, the daughter of Nicodemas and Bertha (Mullins) Combs. She was raised by her foster parents Babelon “Babe” and Rosalie Sidwell in Cartwright, Kentucky.
She was married Oct. 10, 1936, to Earnest H. Brown Sr. and he died on Oct. 20, 1989.
She was retired from Jay Garment and also worked at Ballistran and CTS in Berne. She was a member of Do A Lot Home Economics Club, Pennville Kitchen Kookies, Widow to Widow Club, Kitchenette Music Breakfast Club and Red Hat Club.
Surviving are one daughter, Helen Rouch (husband: Jack) of Portland; 15 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; and several great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by three sons, William C. Brown (wife: Joada Nix), Earnest H. Brown Jr. (wife: Frances) and Michael Brown (wife: Sharon); and two daughters Anna Marie Drew and Ida Lotz (husband: Milton).
Funeral services will be Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019, at 11 a.m. in the Baird-Freeman Funeral Home with Pastor Hugh Kelly presiding.
Burial will be in the Green Park Cemetery. Visitation will be Saturday from 10 to 11 a.m.
Memorials can be made to the Jay County Heart Fund, Jay County Cancer Society or Parkinson’s Foundation.
Condolences may be expressed at bairdfreeman.com.
She was born in Knott County, Kentucky, on May 28, 1923, the daughter of Nicodemas and Bertha (Mullins) Combs. She was raised by her foster parents Babelon “Babe” and Rosalie Sidwell in Cartwright, Kentucky.
She was married Oct. 10, 1936, to Earnest H. Brown Sr. and he died on Oct. 20, 1989.
She was retired from Jay Garment and also worked at Ballistran and CTS in Berne. She was a member of Do A Lot Home Economics Club, Pennville Kitchen Kookies, Widow to Widow Club, Kitchenette Music Breakfast Club and Red Hat Club.
Surviving are one daughter, Helen Rouch (husband: Jack) of Portland; 15 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; and several great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by three sons, William C. Brown (wife: Joada Nix), Earnest H. Brown Jr. (wife: Frances) and Michael Brown (wife: Sharon); and two daughters Anna Marie Drew and Ida Lotz (husband: Milton).
Funeral services will be Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019, at 11 a.m. in the Baird-Freeman Funeral Home with Pastor Hugh Kelly presiding.
Burial will be in the Green Park Cemetery. Visitation will be Saturday from 10 to 11 a.m.
Memorials can be made to the Jay County Heart Fund, Jay County Cancer Society or Parkinson’s Foundation.
Condolences may be expressed at bairdfreeman.com.
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