Bette Jane Brown
1930 - 2025
From the Mar 18, 2025 e-EditionMrs. Bette Jane Brown, 94, of Huntingdon, Tennessee died Sunday, March 9, 2025 at Lifecare Center of Bruceton.
Graveside funeral services were Friday, March 14, 2025, at Liberty All Cemetery with Bro. Doug Sellers officiating.
Instead of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to:
Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia at: alz.org
or to the:
Carroll County Humane Society P.O. Box 384 McKenzie, TN 38201
Mrs. Brown was born November 18, 1930 in Montgomery, Illinois to the late Adolf and Frances (Walter) Becker. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Charles Ebenezer Brown, five sisters and four brothers.
She is survived by six children: Sandy Ingram (Robert) of Scobey, Mississippi, Jenny Kitselman (Kurt), of Orange, California, Bob Brown, of Lexington, Tennessee, Cathy Parish (Donald) of Huntingdon, Tennessee, Richard Brown (Lisa) of Lexington, Tennessee, and Paul Brown of Westport, Tennessee. She also leaves ten grandchildren: Heather Carper (Brad) of Water Valley, Mississippi, Jessica Kelley (Benji) of Chapel Hill, Virginia, Lissy Vaughn, of Roanoke, Virginia, Katie Kitselman (Joe) of Castle Rock, Colorado, Steve Kitselman (Angel) of Anaheim Hills, California, LaTasha Woodell (Chip) of Huntingdon, Tennessee, Amanda Sauls (BJ) of Hollow Rock, Tennessee, Brittany Brown (Mandi) of Knoxville, Tennessee, Holly Mitchell (Chris) of Henderson, Tennessee, Caroline Parish of Huntingdon, Tennessee, twenty-two great grandchildren, and two great-great grandchildren. Chase Funeral Home.
In the e-Edition
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