The family will receive guests on Monday, November 25, 2019 from 6pm to 8pm in the Griggs Schooler Gordon Funeral Director’s Pioneer Chapel, 5400 Bell Ave. A celebration of Barbara’s life will be held on Tuesday, November 26, 2019 at 10am in the Pioneer Chapel with Bob Schroeder presiding. Burial will be private.
Barbara was born in a farmhouse in Retrop, Oklahoma on July 26, 1934 to Marvin and Ruby (Boyd) Hall. The family lived in multiple towns in Oklahoma before finally finding their way to Texas. She graduated from Canadian High School in 1952. Barbara attended Hendrick Hospital at Hardin Simmons University where she graduated as an RN in 1955, a profession she loved.
She met Billy J. Brown in 1953 as she was leaving Hardin Simmons, and Bill was leaving for the Korean War. They were married on September 30, 1955. They lived in Abilene until Bill was discharged from the Air Force. Barbara worked at Hendrick Hospital while Bill was in Korea. She went to work at St. Anthony’s Hospital as a Registered Nurse in the operating room. She held many positions in the OR, and the last 15 years, she was the director of surgical services.
Together, Barbara and Bill joined Paramount Christian Church in 1983, which later became Hillside Christian Church.
Barbara was preceded in death by her husband Bill, her parents, sister Donna Cain and nephew Cody Holliman. Those left to cherish her memories are her sons Monty Brown and wife Christi of Lucas, Texas and Mark Brown and wife Tammy of Amarillo; grandchildren Michael and Katie Brown and their son Casen, Miles, Trace, Wyatt, and Hunter Brown, David and Casey Bellner and their children Zoe and Zeke, and Amanda and husband Zach Bartlam and son Brooks. She also leaves behind her Daughter in Love Rae Ellen Brown, Brother in Law Artis Cain, her niece Chris Brewer and Husband Leo, nephew Corey Holliman and wife Lexy and their son Austin, and Kevin Brown and wife Shellie. She is also survived by doctors, nurses, and technicians and co-workers all of which she loved serving with during her career; as well as may dear friends and neighbors, especially Glen and Wanda Young.
