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Robert Brown Obituary
A native of Flaherty, he retired from Container Corporation of America in Louisville and was a Vietnam veteran. He was a beloved husband, father and very proud grandpa to his six grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Carl A. and Mary Helen Thomas Brown; a brother, Thomas Steven Brown; a sister, Margaret Sipes; a brother-in-law, Robert Waldrop; and his father- and mother-in-law, John R. and Martha Ruth Jarvis.
Survivors include his loving wife of 34 years, Carolyn Sue Jarvis Brown; two stepdaughters, Jennifer Jones of Thompson's Station, Tennessee, and Julie Marlow of Elizabethtown; two brothers, Charlie Brown of Vine Grove and Jimmy (Julie) Brown of Lanesville, Indiana; four sisters, Angela Waldrop and Linda (Bob) Lucas of Ekron, Martha Vowels of Elizabethtown and Rosemary (John Merle) Waldrop of Louisville; a brother-in-law, Carroll Sipes of Vine Grove; six grandchildren, Connor and Jackson Payne, Kadyn and Noah Wilson, and Lilly and Tucker Marlow; his Jarvis family by marriage; and numerous nieces and nephews, cousins and friends.
The funeral is at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church in Flaherty with the Rev. Jeff Hopper officiating. Burial follows in the church cemetery.
Visitation is from 3 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and continues at 9 a.m. Thursday at Brown Funeral Home in Elizabethtown.
Condolences may be expressed at www.brownfuneral.com.
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Bob Shumate
October 28, 2019
Condolences to the family and friends of Tuffy. May he rest on the wings of angels.
Jesse Phillips
October 28, 2019
I sure remember my neighbor, my friend, who I used to help wash and wax his 63 Corvette, and his Rivera, He was a very very good Man from a very good Family ! Remember very well after washing the Corvette we would ride to Flaherty and back to dry off the Car....and Wax it and he would always pay me to help him....Tuffy was such a good Man and I will never forget the Memories! Thanks Tuffy for the good times.....Bob Phillips
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