Tena Brown

Tena Beason Brown
Funeral services for Tena Beason Brown will be held at James F. Webb funeral home in Meridian, MS Tuesday, December 15, 2015 at 2:00 pm with visitation one hour prior to services. Pastor Mark Flynn will conduct the funeral. Burial will be in Lockhart Cemetery.
Mrs. Brown, age 84, passed away peacefully Saturday, December 12, 2015, at Anderson Regional Medical Center in Meridian. Before her retirement, Mrs. Brown was Vice President of 1ST United Bank in charge of Marketing for over a decade. Later she started and co-owned Southern Agencies Real Estate, Insurance, and Employment, LLC. Tena was involved in civic organizations her whole life and is fondly remembered as a DeMolay mom. She was responsible for the first handicapped parking and access ramps in Meridian. She was the most loving, wonderful, and giving person, mother, and grandmother. Tena never met a stranger and always made sure everyone she loved was taken care of. She was the most unselfish and kind person you could meet and will be missed by many.
Survivors include her daughter, Laurie Brown Gibson (Butch) and her son, Glenn B. Brown (Dawn); daughter-in-law, Jackie Brown; grandchildren, Ryan Feltman, Robert Brown, Emily Petellat, Allison Brown, Cole Brown, Clark Gibson, and Leigh Ann Bonvillian, Rachelle Ginn, and Aaron Ginn; sister, Louise McKinnon; nieces, Bonnie Beason, Betty Fountain, Kathy Swartzfager, Judy McDonald; and nephews, Larry Temple and Tommy Ivy.
Tena was preceded in death by her husband E.P. "Sonny" Brown; her sons, Mike Brown and Ronny -Brown; parents, Robert Edgar and Jewel Beason; brother, Robert Earl Beason; and sister, Lucille Temple.
Pallbearers will be Ryan Feltman, Robert Brown, Cole Brown, Billy Hudson, Greg Fountain, and Jim Swartzfager. Honorary pallbearers will be Henry Wilson(,) and Karl Springer.
Family and friends may sign the online memorial or order flowers at jamesfwebb.com

Visitation

James F. Webb Funeral Home
2514 7th Street
Meridian, MS  39301
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
1 - 2 pm

Service

James F. Webb Funeral Home
2514 7th Street
Meridian, MS  39301
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
2:00 pm

Cemetery

Lockhart Methodist Church Cemetery
Minnow Bucket Road
Meridian, MS  39301