Elsie Jane Brown (1937 – 2024)

Elsie Jane Brown, 86, of Front Royal, Virginia, passed away on Wednesday, March 22, 2024, at Warren Memorial Hospital.

Elsie Jane Brown

A funeral service will be held on Friday, May 31, 2024, at 11 a.m. at Maddox Funeral Home, 105 West Main Street, Front Royal, with Sammy Campbell officiating.  Burial will follow at Prospect Hill Cemetery.

Mrs. Brown was born in Front Royal on October 2, 1937, to the late William and Amanda Heflin Estes.  She was also preceded in death by her husband, Pvt. 1^st Class William M. Brown; granddaughter, Stacey Michelle Brown; four brothers, William Estes, Giles Estes, Clayton Estes, and Wallace Estes; and seven sisters, Betty Dodson, Rena Vencil, Barbara Thompson, Leona Pullen, Virginia Moore, Margaret Brister and Helen East.

Survivors include her son, Emmett Brown of Front Royal; two daughters, Rhonda Brown of Front Royal and Debra Brown-Taft of Glendale, Arizona; sister, Joan Atchinson of Alexandria, Virginia; four grandchildren, Richard Dawson, Heather Brown, Daniel Brown, and Kaiden Brown; five great-grandchildren, Gavin Garber, Avani Garber, Nevaeh Brown, Axel brown and Braden Dawson and numerous nieces and nephews.

Michael Garber, Kevin Roberts, Jimmy Melvin, Jeff Fincham, Dylan Fincham, and Rodney Williams will be pallbearers.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Thursday, May 30, 2024, from 6 to 8 p.m.