COLUMBUS
Doris June Brown, of Columbus, passed from this life at 2:05 a.m. Saturday, August 21, 2021, at Keepsake Village of Columbus with her children by her side.
Doris June was born on June 24, 1936, in Bedford Indiana, the daughter of Clifford Gilstrap and Doneda Ritchison Gilstrap Harker. On December 19, 1953, she married Louis Bruce Brown, at Wray’s Christian Church in Jackson County.
She and her husband owned and operated A-AAA Home Center where she handled bookkeeping, insurance, sales, logistics of house setup and so much more. In her youth and early adult married life, she was a farmer taking great pride in caring for the farm animals and planting/harvesting the crops. She later worked in the Bartholomew County School Cafeteria system while her children were young. She attended Asbury United Methodist Church where she participated in DMA. She had been member of TOPS, a girl scout leader for Tulip Trace, and a precinct committee chairwoman for many years.
Mrs. Brown enjoyed gardening, and cooking and was known for her homemade yeast bread. She had a tremendous love for animals. She fed and rescued numerous types of animals-even a baby skunk. Animals were her happy place. She and her husband with their children in the early years enjoyed fostering children on the weekends from the Columbus Children’s home.
Survivors include her children, Doneda Diane Henry Brown of Columbus and Hallett (Loretta) Brown of
Columbus; grandchildren, Malachi Henry, DC, Sabrina (Matt) Hodge, Dr. Veronica (Kyle) Turner, Sandy
(Chaz) King, Lester (Kristen) Brown, and Joshua Brown; great grandchildren, David, Colin, Jordan and Adalyn Hodge, Kadel and Malia Turner, Newla and Luna King, Devin, Matthew, and Makaila Brown; sister, Wilma J. Hiveley of Seymour; and a sister-in-law, Brenda Brown of Medora.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Louis Brown on March 5, 2014; son, Daniel Lee Brown; and sisters, Mary Brown and Thelma Gilstrap, a brother Eugene Gilstrap and twin brothers in infancy.
The funeral services will be held at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday at Barkes, Weaver & Glick Funeral Home on Washington Street. A live stream of the funeral service may be viewed at barkesweaverglick.com.
Family and friends may call for visitation from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesday and from 3:30 p.m. until service time Wednesday at the funeral home. Masks are kindly recommended once inside the funeral home.
Private burial will be Garland Brook Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be given to the Alzheimer’s Association, Utopia Wildlife Rehabilitators, Animal C.A.R.E. Services, or Our Hospice of South Central Indiana.
Online condolences and special memories may be shared with the Brown family. A video tribute can be viewed at barkesweaverglick.com.
Do not ask me to remember.
Don’t try to make me understand.
Let me rest and know you’re with me.
Kiss my cheek & hold my hand.
I’m confused beyond your concept.
I am sad and sick and forgotten.
All I know is that I need you.
To be with me at all costs.
Do not lose your patience with me.
Do not scold or curse or cry.
I can’t help the way I’m acting.
Can’t de different though I try.
Just remember that I need you,
That the best of me is gone.
Please don’t fail to stand beside me,
Love me till my life is done.
-Unknown Author
