OBITUARY

Dorothy Bell Brown, age 98, passed away on October 6, 2026.  She was born 5 October 1928 to Tom and Clara Bell in Beaver, Kansas where her father was working following the wheat harvest. Born the 2nd from the oldest of 9 children, in 1930 Dorothy became the oldest with the loss of her sister, Bonnie Ruth, just 3. Even though she was little, it was a loss she never forgot. Being "Big Sister" was a role Dorothy enjoyed her whole life to her family. She would grow up in Hugo, Oklahoma. She would meet the love of her life, William (Bill) Brown in Wichita, Kansas while there working painting radium numbers at Standard Precision on dials for airplanes. She and Bill married in 1954. They would move to Warner Robins, Georgia in 1971, but then retire to Orlando, Florida in 1977. Dorothy would live there for 45 years before moving to Athens, Georgia to be closer to her daughter.

Dorothy never met a stranger she wouldn't talk to. She was an excellent seamstress and made all of her daughters' clothes while they were growing up. She could crochet and made just about every family member that she was related to an afghan. She had a green thumb and could grow anything. She was proud of the lemons, avocados, papyas, pineapples and bananas that she grew in her yard in Florida. Sometime in the 1990's on a "bad hair day", she started wearing and collecting hats. She was very often seen wearing one. She made the BEST fried chicken. She loved shopping, but most of all she loved her Lord Jesus Christ.

Besides her parents and sister, Bonnie Ruth, Dorothy was predeceased by her husband, Bill, siblings; Doug, Lewis, Mary Sue, John, Harold, and Truman, and stepdaughter, Jean Brown Shtrick. She is survived by her daughters; Colleen Brown (Madison, Ga), and Ruth May (Canton, Texas), grandsons; Ryan Gupton, Travis May, and Troy (Angela) Gupton, granddaughter, Joy (Paul) Jun Rousso and one remaining sister, Barbara Floyd. She is also survived by numerous nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews that all live in Texas and knew her as "Aunt Dot." She would want whoever reads this to know... "The angels finally came and got me."