• Michael L. Brown

    10 Jul 2016




    • Born: July 24, 1958
    • Died: July 10, 2016
    • Location: Mount Ida, AR

     

    Michael L. Brown, 57, of Mount Ida, AR, passed away Sunday, July 10, 2016 in Little Rock, AR. He was born July 24, 1958 in Exeter, California to Leroy H. and Mary K. (Emery) Brown.

    Mike had a wonderful, long career beginning over 37 years ago with Allied Telephone which later became Alltel and eventually Windstream. He shared his in-depth knowledge of technology with so many. Mike served as a city councilman for over 10 years.

    Most of Mike’s time was spent with his wife, daughters, family and friends. Throughout his life, he enjoyed watching Nascar, dirt track racing, riding motorcycles and dirt bikes and fishing on our beautiful lake. In recent years, he was blessed with many fun times with his grandsons. Mike’s favorite vacation away from home was going to the beaches in Alabama.

    Mike is preceded in death by his parents, grandparents, father-in-law Lloyd Scott and brother-in-law Joe Baldwin.

    He is survived by his wife of 35 years, Barbara; daughters Leeann (Adam) O’Neal, Amy Brown (Robby Redleaf); grandsons Trystin O’Neal, Grayson Redleaf and expected Baby O’Neal; sisters Shari (Danny) Brand, Vicki (Duane) Cotnam of Hot Springs; mother-in-law Dortha Scott; sisters-in-law Debbie Baldwin (Roger Davis), Deyon (George) Kostelnik all of Mount Ida and Brenda Mayberry (Jason Tisdale) of Hot Springs.

    Mike is also survived by his Uncle Walter Brown of Washington, Aunts Thelma Young of Mount Ida and Josephine Frambes of New Jersey and many wonderful nephews, nieces, cousins and friends.

    Mike was a fun-loving man and was deeply loved. He will be greatly missed by many. No amount of time would have been long enough but his work here was done.

    For those who can give, the family would appreciate that blood donations in Mike’s name be made so that others could receive a life-saving gift. Donations can also be made to Vasculitis Foundation P.O. Box 28660 Kansas City, MO 64188

    A memorial service will be held Sunday, July 24th 1-4 p.m. at the Mountain Harbour Conference Room. Cremation arrangements were made under the direction of Thornton Funeral Home of Mount Ida, AR. Guest register at www.thorntonfh.com

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  • 25 comments

    hugh demby

    11 Jul 2016

    A very, very special person

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    Travis Sisco

    11 Jul 2016

    I'm so sorry for your loss. Mike was a great person to everyone he meet and he will never be forgotten

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    Roger, Karen, Randy and Cody Dye

    11 Jul 2016

    To the family and relatives of Mike we just want to say how sorry we are for your loss. He was such a great and kind person and everyone knew him. We always remember when we first met Mike and Barb at the Lamaze class when we all four were going to have our first child. He will truly be missed by all. Prayers for all the family are with you.

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    Mitch Constantino

    11 Jul 2016

    Barb and girls. Sorry for your loss of Mike, he was a good friend and co-worker. He will be greatly missed by all.

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    Brenda Forgs

    11 Jul 2016

    I will miss meeting Mike on the highway, he always smiled and waved. He always seemed calm and happy. Everyone will miss him. Prayers for all the family.

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    Phyllis Cogburn

    11 Jul 2016

    I was so saddened to hear about Mike. He was always a joy to work with. He surely will be missed. Prayers for all friends and family.

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    Bill/Theresa Wilson

    12 Jul 2016

    He was such a kind soul. He worked on all of internet/phones for years. We loved him so much. He was so happy an never a negative word. He was excellent on his job,. What a great man. He will be remembered by the whole community for years. What a great testimony for him, not just from us, the whole community

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    Terry and Cindy Thompson

    12 Jul 2016

    Barbara, Terry and I are thinking of and your family. I know you will treasure every memory. Love to all. Cindy and Terry

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    Carolyn Short

    12 Jul 2016

    Mike was one of the nicest men I know. Not long after I lost my Bob, Mike had to come out and check my phone. He was so sympathetic. I really did appreciate his kind words. I am so sorry to hear of his passing. My thoughts and prayers are with all the family.

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    Kerry Spears

    12 Jul 2016

    I'm so sorry to hear this and my thoughts and prayers will be with the family. I was a classmate of Mike and he was always a fun loving person that could always lift a person's spirits. Unfortunately I haven't been in touch with but a few of my classmates since I left school but I truly hate to hear of his passing because he was such a likeable person and from what I have read a wonderful family man. Again, my thoughts and prayers are with his family.

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    Kimber Corsini

    12 Jul 2016

    Very sorry for your loss. Mike was one of the first people I met here in town when he hooked up our phone 18 years ago. Always a smile and a nice word or two before he got back to work fixing whatever was wrong that day.

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    Kirk Davis

    12 Jul 2016

    Barbara, Leeann, and Amy, I'm so sorry for your loss. Mike was always so happy and fun to be around. I will always have fond memories of coming over and playing when i was little and hanging out in the basement when we were older. I hope your fond memories help ease your pain in the days to come. Love you guys. Love, Kirk Davis

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    Jimmy & Lynda Cloud

    12 Jul 2016

    We are so very sorry...Mike was a good person. May the Lord watch over your family during these tough times.

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    Donna (Baker) McIntyre

    12 Jul 2016

    Thoughts and prayers to your family..

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    Marvin, Necie Thew & family

    12 Jul 2016

    Barbara and family. May God bless you all during this time. Mike was a good man and I know you all will miss him. May he rest in peace.

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    Raymond Oswald

    13 Jul 2016

    I admired Michael for him character, honesty and kindness.

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    Roy Oswald

    13 Jul 2016

    Michael was a good man and I will miss him.

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    Mark and Betty Avra

    13 Jul 2016

    So, so sorry to hear about Mike. I know it has been a long fight for life and this is not the outcome that we were all praying for. Please know that your family holds a special place in many hearts in our community. Our Mt. Ida class of 1977 will never be the same without our VP, Senior Favorite and #33.

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    Vonda

    13 Jul 2016

    Mike was such a good and compassionate person to whomever he came in contact. He was a friend to my younger brother and treated him with kindness, when others did not. I will always be grateful to him for his understanding and compassion. Mike was always willing to help anyone . This is such a great loss to the community . God bless his soul.

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    Phil & Kay Whisenhun5

    14 Jul 2016

    We are so sad to hear of Mike's illness and passing. Our hearts go out to Barbara and the family. Our thoughts and prayers are with you all.

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    Donna Scott

    18 Jul 2016

    Mike was such a wonderful person, and will be truly missed by so many people. He will always be in our hearts. Mike was the type of guy who never meet a stranger. My prayers are with Barbara and the girls. And those two sweet grandson sons.

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    Randy Simpson

    21 Jul 2016

    Mike was one of my good friends in school. He was always kind and someone you could count on. It seems like yesterday we where in school having fun and looking forward to the weekend so we could go riding in his white Chevy Chevelle. Thoughts and prayers are with the family.

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    Cary and Joyce Nicholas

    21 Jul 2016

    Our deepest sympathy to Barbara and family. We thought a lot of Mike and he was very helpful to us in solving computer problems. A good man with a lovely family.

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    Kenny Baker

    23 Jul 2016

    I am saddened by Mike's passing. My prayers of comfort for his family.

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    Martha Koelemay

    25 Jul 2016

    I was shocked and so very, very sad to read of Mike's passing. He was very special to our family although we never knew him outside his work. When I moved up here 21 years ago to build a new cabin where my family's old vacation home had been, Mike installed a phone for me in the little utility shed where I had my utilities. Then when I had built four walls and a roof, he put the phone in the house. When my daughters moved up here, he installed their phones, and when I added onto my house for my mother, he put in hers. Over the years we needed very few service calls, but he was always friendly and pleasant and we enjoyed his visits. He was our "phone guy" and we will miss him. Blessings to his family--I hope it helps to know how special he was to so many people.

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