Muriel Bleakley Brown was born at Mill Shoals, Illinois, on November 22, 1913 and passed away on April 8, 2018 at The Baptist Home in Ironton, Missouri at the age of 104 years.  She was the daughter of the late Virgil and Lucy Hughes Bleakley.

Mrs. Brown was a member of the First Southern Baptist Church in Bloomfield where she taught Sunday School in the Primary Department for many years.  She loved children and she had many friends.

She became the bride of Lester C. Brown of Bernie on April 2, 1933, at Piggott, Arkansas.  He died on May 1, 1972.  They were the owners of Brown Auto Parts in Bloomfield for 24 years.

Besides her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by one son, Charles Lester Brown, three sisters and five brothers.

She is survived by nephew Jack Bleakley; by nieces Diana Orr, and Anne Jenkins.  Other relatives also survive.

Friends may call at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Thursday, April 12, 2018 from 2:00 to 3:00 PM. 

Funeral services will be conducted on Thursday at 3:00 PM with Mike Williams and Bobby Thrower officiating.

Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter in charge of all arrangements.