Blanche Brown

Funeral services for Blanche M. Brown, 86, of Mountain Home will be at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, October 28 at Kirby-Boaz Funeral Home with Pastor R. L. Custer officiating. Mrs. Brown died Thursday, October 26, 2006, at Baxter Regional Medical Center. Visitation will be from 1:00 p.m. until service time Saturday at Kirby-Boaz Funeral Home. Blanche M. Brown was born August 20, 1920, at Neelyville, Missouri, to Jesse and Lula McBroom Todd. She married Kirby E. Brown on September 19, 1942, in Ohio and was a homemaker. She lived in Mountain Home since moving from Westland, Michigan, in 1981. Mrs. Brown enjoyed sewing, carpentry work and crossword puzzles. She was family-oriented, a great mathematician and loved her little dog "Biscuit." She was a member of Gamaliel Baptist Church and taught children's Bible classes. She is survived by two sons, Kirby (Doris) Brown and Stephen (Janis) Brown, both of Mountain Home; two daughters, Jo Nell (James) Higgins of Midway and Laurel Ayers of Mountain Home; eight grandchildren, Jerome (Carla) Nichols, Joseph (Inez) Nichols, Michael (Missy) Brown, Jason Brown, Kirby (Melissa) Brown, Joshua (Julia) Ayers, Sarah (Jerry) Rook and Rachel (Nathan) Farris; four great-grandchildren, Bailey Nichols, Garrett Brown, Graci Brown and Eli Ayers. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and one brother. Burial will be in Mountain Home Cemetery with Jerome Nichols, Joseph Nichols, Michael Brown, Jason Brown, Kirby A. Brown and Joshua Ayers as pallbearers. Memorials may be made to the Gamaliel Baptist Church.