Obituary of Melinda Sue Brown

Sue Brown, born on January 27, 1941 in Drift KY, passed away on July 23, 2012 at age 71, in her home in Lebanon after an extended illness. The family will be receiving friends at Sellars Funeral Home in Lebanon from 4-8 p.m. on Wednesday and from 10 a.m. until the service on Thursday. The chapel service, conducted by Brother Jon Shoulders, is 11 a.m. Thursday, July 26, 2012. Honorary Pallbearers: Neal Oakley, Walter Vanatta, Sr., Jim Harris, Hunter Brown, Corey Callis, Jordan Vanatta, Drew Jackson, Lewis Wolfe, Larry Whitlock, Robert Ferguson, Jim Childers, Jr., and Kip Childers. The family extends special thanks to the staff at Odyssey Hospice. Survivors include husband Robert "Bob" Brown; children: Randy (Diane) Brown and Patti (Jeff) Callis, all of Lebanon; siblings: Irene (Lynn) Wilson, Marie (Lewis) Wolfe, and Lester (Betsy) Risell, all of Pennsylvania; grandchildren: Christina (Drew Jackson) Brown, Hunter Brown, Corey Callis, and Bethany (Jordan) Callis Vanatta, all of Lebanon; and great-grandchildren: Emily Cox, Brody Brown, and Colton Vanatta, all of Lebanon. She is preceded in death by parents James Oscar Robinson of Kentucky and Ruth Mae Judd Risell of Pensylvania, sister Doris Childers of Florida, and brother Butch Risell of Pennsylvania.