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Updated: 29 Nov 2009
 

 

Lorene Gladys Ragan Brown, 62, has passed away. She was born in Tucker and was the daughter of Cora Ferrell and Jesse James Ragan. She worked alongside her husband in a shipyard at Richmond, Calif. during World War II as a "Rosy the Riveter. She nurtured her children and helped her husband in his radiator shop. She was a gardener and after retiring to Oklahoma became an avid quilter and owned a machine quilting business for 15 years. Her friends, family and her special adopted family, Jay and Connie McGee and their sons, will so dearly miss her.

Survivors include her husband, William M. Brown of the home; three daughters, Betty Moss Null and husband Bill of Cotton Valley, La., Dieane Harper and husband Robert of Poteau and Sondra LaMonte of Ventura, Calif.; one son, Rickey Brown and wife Linda of Spiro; five granddaughters, Tonuia Duck, Laura Carter, Kimberley Woodard, Michelle LaMonte, Ann Marie Brown; two grandsons, Justin Shea LaMonte, Rickey Brown Jr.; three great-granddaughters, Cassie Moss, Lorie Carter, Brandy Woodard; one great-grandson, Mark Carter Jr.; two great-granddaughters, Amber Lee Marissa Scott and Olivia Brown.

Services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, May 3 at Mallory Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Robert Maxwell officiating. Burial will follow in New Hope Cemetery at Spiro under the direction of Mallory Funeral Home of Spiro.

Pallbearers will be Steve Duck, Jay Brewer, Jerry Mann, Ron Simmons, Allen Brewer and Jarrod McGee.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.

 

 

Created:  16 Nov 2009
Updated: 29 Nov 2009



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