Fannie Brown

1.Full Name: Fannie Louise Brown Age: 81 Years Sex: Female

2. Current address: Topeka, Kansas

3. Date of death: Thursday, May 16, 2002

4 Place of death: At her home in Topeka

6. Date of birth: Spetember 18, 1920 Place of birth: Topeka,Kansas

6.b. Parents: (unknown)

6.c. Years in current city/town: Has lived in Topeka most of her life

7. Background: Graduated from Topeka High School. Taught Cosmetology at KTI for many years. She founded the Melody Brown Memorial Fun Factory. Owner of the Sunflower Beauty Salon. She was an active member of the Kaw Valley District of the National Baptist Convention Minister's Wives Union and the Tennessee Town NIA. She was a member of the Black Women's Network. Attended Antioch Missionary Baptist Church.
She established a fund at Topeka Community Foundation for Youth.

8. Relatives: Married to: Reverend Frank J. Brown, Sr. on August 5, 1944 at Topeka, Kansas

8.b. preceded in death by: husband, Rev. Frank J. Brown, Sr. on June 22, 1997, and one daughter, Melody Brown on June 21, 1974.
8.c. Immediate survivors:
2 Daughters: LaVonzelle Brown, Wichita, KS
Yvonne McNeill, Annapolis, MD
1 Son: Frank J. Brown, Jr. Dallas, TX
Grandchildren: 4
Great Grandchildren: 4

9. Service time, day, date, place: Services will be at 10:00 a.m, Saturday, May 25,2002 at Antioch Missionary Baptist Church.

10. Burial: Will be at Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth, Kansas, on Wednesday, May 29, 2002 at 1:30 p.m.

11. Visitation times, place: Fannie Brown will lie in state after 1:00 p.m., Friday, May 24, 2002 at Penwell Gabel Mid Town Chapel where the family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m.

13. Memorial contributions, if any: Melody Brown Fund Topeka Community Foundation, 1315 SW Arrowhead Rd, Topeka, KS 66604 or Melody Brown Fun Factory @Washburn University Endowment Assoc. 1700 College, Topeka, Kansas 66621

14. Funeral home in charge: P/G Mid Town Chapel, 1321 W. 10th Avenue, Topeka, Kansas 66604 785-354-8558