Brown, Jimmy Lee (Birchwood)

Friday, August 03, 2012

Jimmy Lee Brown, 51, of Birchwood, TN, passed away Tuesday, July 31, 2012 at his home. 

He was preceded in death by in father, Ray Charles Brown; brother, Junior Wayne Brown; and a infant son, Jonathan Brown. 

Mr. Brown worked at Cleveland Chair for fifteen years and at Olin Chemical for four years. He enjoyed building model cars and watching TV. He was a member of the Burdette Baptist Church. 

He is survived by one daughter, Hope Scott of Cleveland; two grandsons, Dakota Scott and Landon Scott both of Cleveland; mother, Sarah Hughes Brown of Birchwood; brothers, Steve Brown, Mitchell Brown and his wife Sondra all of Birchwood and David Brown and his wife Trish of Cleveland; sister, Kathy Colbaugh of Delano, TN; three nieces, Reverend Rachel Gravley and her husband Reverend Jimmy Gravley of Birchwood, Amber Owens and her husband Reverend Justin Owens of Dayton and Tara Roberts and her husband James of Pikeville; and several aunts, uncles, cousins, great-nieces and nephews.

The Remembrance of Life Services will be Saturday, August 4, at 2 p.m. from the North Ocoee Chapel of Jim Rush Funeral Homes with Reverend Rachel Gravley and Reverend Jimmy Gravley officiating. Interment will follow in the Beta Cemetery. 

The family will receive friends Friday, August 3, from 5-8 p.m. at the North Ocoee Chapel of Jim Rush Funeral Homes who has charge of the arrangements. 



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