Jo Ann Cooksey Brown

Funeral services for Mrs. Jo Ann Cooksey Brown will be held Tuesday at 1:30 pm in the chapel o Stephens Funeral Home. Rev. Chris Cooksey will be officiating. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Memory Gardens.

Mrs. Brown, 82, of Meridian, passed away Sunday at Bedford Care of Marion. A longtime member of Central United Methodist Church, Mrs. Brown was a very intelligent and talented person. Though she was very private, her talents included painting, photography and writing as well as a very accomplished seamstress. She also assisted her husband in the operation of their business Buck Brown Construction.

She is survived by her daughter Adra Brown Alexander; granddaughter Meagan Alexander Hodges; grandson Jeremy Alexander and great grandchildren Collins Hodges, Payton Alexander, Gadsden Alexander and Parker Nelson.

Mrs. Brown is preceded in death by her husband Buck Brown; parents Robert Loyd and Elgie Cooksey; sister Jeane Jones and brother Hubert Loyd Cooksey.

Pallbearers will be Wayne Cooksey, Curtis Cooksey, Scott Cooksey, Gary Jones, Mark Adkins and Matt Adkins.

Visitation will be on Tuesday from 12 pm to service time at the funeral home.

Friends may sign the online register at www.stephensfunerals.com