Jesma Jean Brown, daughter of the late Harvey Gregory and Mamie Sebree Gregory, was born on Nov. 17, 1930, near Dexter and died on Aug. 22, 2015, at Heritage Nursing and Rehab Center in Cedar Rapids Iowa at the age of 84.
Mrs. Brown was a member of the Center Baptist Church in Paragould, Ark. She was a former resident of Dexter and worked in bottling and maintenance for American Distilling.
On Feb. 28, 1948, she was united in marriage to Roy Dean Brown in Piggott, Ark. Mr. Brown preceded her in death on Aug. 10, 1992.
She is survived by one son, Danny Brown and wife Joyce of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; three sisters, Joan Buckley of Mendota, Ill., Rachel Treadway of Chaffee, Mo., and Barbara Buckley of Hillsboro, Mo.; two granddaughters and two grandsons and six great-grandchildren.
In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by four brothers and by five sisters.
Visitation will be held at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2015, from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Funeral services will then be conducted in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel at 11 a.m. with Rev. Greg McGhee officiating. Interment will follow in Dexter Cemetery.
Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home of Dexter is in charge of all arrangements.