Lucille Brown, 97, of Marshall, MO, died Saturday, August 27, 2022, at Big Bend Retreat in Slater, MO.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, September 3, 2022, at Calvary Baptist Church in Marshall, with Pastor Rodney Haggett officiating. Visitation will be held from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. Saturday at the church. Burial will be in Sunset Gardens Cemetery in Marshall. Memorials are suggested to Calvary Baptist Church or Big Bend Retreat in care of Campbell-Lewis Funeral Home. Friends may sign the online register book at www.cambell-lewis.com
Born September 14, 1924, in Saline County, MO, she was the daughter of the late Jesse Irvin Cundiff and Dovie Lucetia Crabtree Cundiff. She was a graduate of Sweet Springs High School and lived in Marshall most of her life. On July 18, 1942, in Marshall, she married Curtis Lee Brown who preceded her in death on August 29, 2010. Lucille was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. Lucille’s life was dedicated to her family as a homemaker, but in earlier years she worked as a telephone operator and later on helped Curtis with the Kansas City Star delivery. She enjoyed knitting, crocheting and gardening.
Survivors include one son, Raymond Curtis Brown (Sandra) of Sanford, NC; one daughter, Connie Lee Davidson (Orvil) of Pattonsburg, MO; four grandchildren, Jeffrey Curtis Brown (Rachel), Carolyn Sain (Roger), Alan Davidson (Melanie) and Vickie Diebold; eight great-grandchildren, Lauren Brown, Paige Brown, Jordan Brown, Drew Davidson, Cara Davidson, Sonny Lett, Ryan Davidson and Jessica Davidson; three great-great-grandchildren, Will Mathis, Hunter Lett and Brock Barnett; and numerous nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents and husband, Lucille was preceded in death by one grandson, Larry Davidson; one great-granddaughter, Latesha Mouser; nine siblings, James Lovell Cundiff, Hazel Bell Bartels, Helen Jane Cundiff, Ernest Carl Cundiff, Leonard Clay Cundiff, Esther Dean DeFore, Irvin Eugene Cundiff, and John Irvin Cundiff and Mary Lou Cundiff both in infancy; and five nephews.