Bob Lee Brown, son of the late Jess Brown and Lura Mae Wilson Brown, was born at Frisco, Missouri on December 31, 1929 and departed this life at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri on August 2, 2018 at the age of 88 years.

Mr. Brown was a Farmer and was a lifetime member of the Broadwater Church of the Brethren in Frisco, Missouri.

He was united in marriage to Barbara Shipman in Piggott, Arkansas.  Mrs. Brown preceded him in death on August 12, 2008.

He is survived by five sons; Garry Brown and wife Carol of Dexter, Missouri, Larry Brown and wife Erin of Dexter, Missouri, Robert Brown and wife Cindy of Murray, Kentucky, Ronald Brown and wife Maureen of Edwardsville, Illinois, and Dennis Brown of Dexter, Missouri; by one daughter; Debra Kelley of Essex, Missouri; by seventeen grandchildren; and by twenty-one great-grandchildren.

In addition to his wife and parents, he was preceded in death by three brothers; Jess Marion Brown Jr., Lloyd Brown, and Lester Brown; and by five sisters; Mildred Tippen, Myrtle Millington, Ruth Coffey, Clara Baker, and Willene Swinger.

Friends may call Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Sunday, August 5, 2018 from 1:00 P.M. until 3:00 P.M. 

Funeral Services will then be conducted at 3:00 P.M. in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel with Rev. James Malloy and Rev. Marie Froman officiating. 

Interment will follow in the Hagy Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to:

Broadwater Church of the Brethren

23236 County Road 732

Essex, Missouri 63846