Bessie (Crawford) Brown, age 82 went to her heavenly home on Saturday, August 2, 2025. She was born on Sunday, July 18, 1943 in Blue Hole, Kentucky to Milton and Versie (Smith) Crawford. She was a retired school teacher and school counselor for the Clay County Board of Education and a member of the Zion Baptist Church. Bessie was a devoted and loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend and a child of God.
She is survived by her loving husband of over 63 years: Jimmy Brown, her children: Shannon Philpot and her husband Mitchell, Jimmy Brown and his wife TaLaura and Camron Brown, her grandchildren: Jacob Philpot and his wife Lisa Marie and Greyson Philpot. Also surviving is her brother MJ Crawford.
She is preceded in death by her parents: Milton and Versie Crawford, her son: Woodrow Taylor Brown and her siblings: Frank Crawford, James Crawford, Chester Crawford, Taylor Crawford, Don Crawford, Teddy Crawford, Mary Isom, Lucy Sizemore and Helen Sizemore.
Funeral Services for Bessie (Crawford) Brown were conducted on Thursday, August 7, 2025, at the Rominger Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Carl Allen will be presiding. Burial followed in the Manchester Memorial Gardens.
Arrangements are entrusted to the Rominger Funeral Home.
