Beatrice Jacqueline O’Hara Brown

Beatrice Jacqueline O’Hara Brown, 96, passed away April 7, 2019, at the Marshfield Care Center in Marshfield.
Brown was born in Rolla, Aug. 24, 1922. She was the daughter of Samuel B. and Ethal B. O’Hara. Her family moved to Springfield in 1940.
She married Leonard Albert Brown Sept. 23, 1944, in Springfield. She was a member of the Rachel Donelson Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution for 50 years. She was the regent twice, the DAR state chairman for veteran patients for six years and served as state DAR historian for three years. She was president of the Ozarks Genealogical Society and president of GFWC Sorosis Club twice. She served as president of the Galaxy Grandmother’s Club National Federation of Grandmother’s Club of America twice. She was a member of Church Women United and was named “Valiant Woman” in 2001 by the CWU of Springfield. She was a charter member of Jefferson Avenue Baptist Church and South Gate Baptist Church. She taught Sunday school for over 50 years. She was a member of the Dorcas Sunday school class at Galloway Baptist Church. She had a Bible Study at the Care Center up until her passing. She served as a board member for several years in the Greene County Baptist Association. She also served as a judge of election for Greene County and Springfield for 40 years. Her hobbies were sewing and crafts. She and her family also camped and fished in all the Missouri lakes for several years.
Brown is survived by: children, James (Camille) Lee Brown and Sharon Ann  (Richard Jr.) Mann; four grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren. She had one brother who preceded her in death, Calvin Burl O’Hara.
Services were held April 11, 2019 in Gorman-Scharpf Funeral Home. Burial followed in Missouri Veterans Cemetery.  Contributions may be made to the Baptist Children’s Home in Mt. Vernon. Obituary was composed by Brown herself.