Karol S. Brown
Age: 84 years
Residence: McLeansboro, Ilinois
Passed Away: 3:25 A.M., Thursday, June 24, 2021 at her residence
Visitation: 12:00 Noon to 3:00 P.M., Sunday, June 27, 2021 at
Harre Funeral Home, McLeansboro, IL
Funeral: 3:00 P.M., Sunday, June 27 at Harre Funeral Home
Order of Eastern Star Service will be conducted by Lodge
783 of Norris City, IL
Clergy: Reverend Russell Anderson and Reverend Jim Peak
Burial: West Union Cemetery, Brownsville, IL
Date of Birth: September 18, 1936 Place of Birth: Highlandville, MO
Father: Robert E. Lawson Mother: Jenice (Spiess) Lawson
Occupation: Minister and she served as local pastor of the 1 st United Methodist
Church at Bonnie IL and Ina IL. Karol was a substitute teacher in Hamilton
and Jefferson County and was a rural mail carrier in McLeansboro, IL.
Marriage to: Richard G. “Dick” Brown on October 12, 1961 in Kansas
City, MO. He passed away November 25, 2008.
Church Affiliation: Member of 1 st United Methodist Churches in McLeansboro and Mt.Vernon, IL
Activities: Karol served as a 4-H leader and Girl Scout leader and she was a
Member of the Order of Eastern Star of Norris City and she served
as Past Worthy Matron of the Lodge in McLeansboro, member of Hamilton Co
HEA, Community Outreach Director; United Methodist Women (past district
President, past representative to Cunningham Children’s Home & Lessie Bates Davis
Neighborhood House; Hamilton Co Retired Teachers Assoc., Wayne-White Hamilton;
Member of retired pastors group and member of Martha Circle of UMW of 1st UMC,
Mt.Vernon, IL: Kaskaskia River Dist.; member of Clan Bell, Scotch-Irish Society, White
Co. Historical Society, Hamilton Co Historical Society, Walnut Grove Alumni; American
Business Card Collectors; Graduate of Missouri State University.
Survivors:
1 Son: George A. “Drew” Brown and wife Wendy D. Ball of McLeansboro
1 Daughter: Jennilyn M. Orpurt of New Harmony, IN
Grandchildren: Erin Brown, Morgan Brown, Marcus Orpurt and Kayla Orpurt
2 Sisters: J. Evelyn Lawson, Livermore, CA
Anne Starr, Spring, TX
1 Brother: W. Edgar Lawson and wife Diane, Gainesville, VA
MEMORIALS TO: First United Methodist Church, McLeansboro, IL
Preceded in Death By: Parents, Husband Richard Brown and Brother Karl S. Lawson
Harre Funeral Home in McLeansboro is in charge of arrangements.