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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Fern
Brown
February 29, 1924 – July 7, 2017
Obituary
Fern Vivian Brown went to be with our Lord on July 7, 2017. She was born in Searcy County, Arkansas, on February 29, 1924 to Clarence Viney and Ollie Viney (Fortner). After graduating from Western Grove High School, she moved to Wichita, Kansas and worked as a "Rosy The Riveter" at the Boeing Company helping build B-29 bombers for the World War II war effort. She subsequently joined the Army Cadet Nursing Corps nurse training program and spent a long career in the nursing field in Houston, Texas and Harrison, Arkansas.
She is survived by her sister, Mary Hancock and her nephew and caretaker Dwight David Hancock of Lowell, Arkansas, her brother, Daniel Viney, of Palmdale, California; and numerous other nephews, nieces, and cousins. She was preceded in death by her husband, John O'Conner Brown and six siblings.
She is survived by her sister, Mary Hancock and her nephew and caretaker Dwight David Hancock of Lowell, Arkansas, her brother, Daniel Viney, of Palmdale, California; and numerous other nephews, nieces, and cousins. She was preceded in death by her husband, John O'Conner Brown and six siblings.
Visitation will be on Wednesday, July 12, at Coffman Funeral Home in Harrison, Arkansas, from 10am-11am. A graveside service will be held for family following visitation. Interment will be at Glencoe Cemetery in Pindall.
Online condolences may be left at www.coffmanfh.com .
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