Marguerite Brown

Marguerite (Petty) Brown, 97, of Keller, passed away on May 27, 2018, in Grapevine. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, May 31, 2018 at Marshall and Marshall Funeral Directors in Whitney with Rev. Randy Phillips and Rev. Eddie Booth officiating. Burial will follow at Vaughan Cemetery in Vaughan. A visitation will be held from 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. prior to the service at the funeral home on Thursday.

Marguerite was born on December 26, 1920, in Whitney, to Joseph “Tack” and Rovena (Gant) Petty. She grew up in Prairie Valley and attended school in Towash and Prairie Valley. On February 15, 1941, she married Coy Brown. For over 30 years, she worked for the Lullaby shop in Arlington as a seamstress making baby clothes. She loved sewing special dresses for her grandchildren and great-grandchildren and sewed her last princess dress for her great-granddaughter, Marguerite, at age 89. Making and giving quilts as gifts for graduation and other special occasions was something she loved to do as well Marguerite was member of Triangle Park Baptist Church in Whitney.

She loved to cook and making the family their favorite desserts which included cobblers, pies, and cakes was something she enjoyed. Playing “42" and dominoes were favorite pastimes and she and her husband always had a big vegetable garden when they lived in Whitney.

Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband, Coy Brooks Brown on May 7, 2001; a daughter, Betty Donlin and her husband, Johnny Donlin; and two brothers, Calvin Petty and Kenneth Petty.

Survivors include her children, Jerry Brown and wife, Linda of Minniapolis, MN and Sandra Kopp and husband, Richard of Southlake; grandchildren, Deborah Cvar and husband, Tim of Argyle, Patrick Kopp and wife, Noelle of San Diego, CA, Kevin Kopp and wife, Renee of Grapevine, Matt Brown and wife, Candice of Norwich, CT, Marcy Sumner and husband, Matt of Elk River, MN, Jennifer Pendergraft and husband, Jason of Weehawken, NJ, Stephanie Kopp Meeks of Austin, Cathy Grace and husband, Joe of Azle, Andrew Kopp and wife, Vanessa of San Diego, CA, and Michael Kopp and wife, Amanda of Ft. Worth; great-grandchildren, Madison, McKenzie, Nicholas, Kimberly, Marguerite, Hailey, Christopher, Henry, Jack, Isabella, Ryder, Maxsyn, Waylon, Josephine and Joy; sisters, Mary Ruth McKennon and Mae Ladean McIlveene; numerous nieces and nephews.

Memorials may be made to the Vaughan Cemetery Association, 140 HCR 2305, Abbott, TX 76621.

Viewing and Visitation

Thursday May 31, 2018 , 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM at Marshall & Marshall Funeral Directors in Whitney

Funeral Service

Thursday May 31, 2018 , 2:00 PM at Marshall & Marshall Funeral Directors in Whitney

Burial

Thursday May 31, 2018 at Vaughan Cemetery