Kitty Iva (Sublett) Brown

Kitty Iva (Sublett) Brown, 94, was welcomed into Heaven on April 07, 2025.

Iva was preceded in death by her husband, Lee Brown, a former Clay County High School principal. She was also preceded in death by her parents, Chester and Eula (Bault) Sublett; her brothers, James Alford, Adrian, Herman, and Winfrey Dale “Dick”; her sisters, Faye Bennett and Mae Knifley; and half-sister, Annie Molly Sublett. 

Iva was born May 2, 1930, on the Sublett family farm in Green County, Kentucky. She graduated from Berea College in 1953 with a registered nursing degree and dedicated over 30 years to her work as a public health nurse at the Clay County Public Health Department in Manchester, Kentucky. After the death of her husband, Iva moved from Oneida to Corbin, Kentucky, and then to Charlottesville, Virginia. She enjoyed gardening, cooking, quilting, and learning about nature and different places in our country and world. 

Iva is survived by her three daughters, Cara Jane Muffly (David) of Lexington, Kentucky; Lee Ann Brown Adkins, of Charlottesville, Virginia; and Myla Sue Marley (Gene) of Fort Worth, Texas. She is also survived by seven grandchildren, Elizabeth Suzanne Dhummakupt (Adit) of Abingdon, Maryland; Brian Thomas Muffly (Milly) of Atlanta, Georgia; Scott Andrew Muffly (Alexandra) of Chesapeake, Virginia; Jonathan Daniel Adkins (Carson) of Katy, Texas; Allison Lee Adkins of Dallas, Texas; Jacob Tyler Marley and Amelia Bronwyn Marley of Fort Worth, Texas; and seven great-grandchildren, Alexander Lee and Oliver Edward Dhummakupt; Margo Frances Muffly; Eli Trotter and Dahlia Leigh Muffly; and Avery Pauline and Finan John Adkins. Iva is also survived by her brother, Eurijah ‘Rij’ Sublett (Geri), and brother-in-law, Leroy Knifley, both of Campbellsville, Kentucky; and nieces and nephews in the Brown, Daniel, Knifley, and Sublett families.

A memorial service will be held at House-Rawlings Funeral Home in London, Kentucky on Easter weekend, Saturday, April 19, at 11:00 A.M. Burial at the Brown family cemetery in Oneida will follow. Memorial contributions may be made to Samaritan’s Purse at www.samaritanspurse.org or Post Office Box 3000, Boone, North Carolina 28607.