LaVonne Brown

1941 - 2020

LaVonne Brown, 79, of Bardstown, passed away Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020, at Norton Women and Children's Hospital in Louisville. She was born on Jan. 22, 1941, in Bloomfield. She retired from a finance company then worked at Kentucky Monument Company and then Heritage Monument Company. She was a member of Bardstown United Methodist Church and Bardstown United Methodist Seniors. She was a devoted Gram and Grammy.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Robert "Bob" King; her parents, W.C. and Loraine Dugan Morrow; two brothers, Jack Morrow and Jimmie Morrow; and a sister Betty Morrow Greer.
She is survived by her husband, Gene Brown, of Bardstown; a daughter, Lana Reid, of Bardstown; three stepchildren; Kim Beam, of Bardstown, Cindy (Brent) Baxter, of Mount Washington, and Jamie (Pam) Brown, of Taylorsville; two grandchildren, Emily Katherine (Shane) Kurtz and Robert Daniel Reid; six stepgrandchildren, Olivia Beam, Candace (Matt) Beam, Josh Newton, Landon Mattingly, Danielle Newton (Tony) Erickson and Brittany (Marseilles) Stewart; two great-grandchildren, Allie and Zoey Kurtz; several stepgreat-grandchildren; a sister, Mary Jo Morrow, of Wilmore; nieces, Tammy (John) Masters and Donna (Joe) Hutchinson; and two other nieces.
Her funeral service will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 29, at Bardstown United Methodist Church with burial in Bardstown Cemetery. The Rev. Jerry Pile will officiate.
Visitation will be 2-8 p.m. Monday, Dec. 28, at Barlow Funeral Home and 9-11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 29, at the church.
Barlow Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.