Obituary

Barbara Jane Booth Brown
(Feburary 13, 1936 - August 25, 2020)

Barbara Jane Booth Brown, 84, of Proctorville, Ohio, and formerly of Barboursville, W.Va., and Ashland, Ky., died Aug. 25, 2020. Jane was born Feb. 13, 1936, in Bluefield, W.Va., daughter of Arthur Gerald Booth and Frances Roberta Vaughan. She was granddaughter of Arthur Grant Booth and Carrie Belle Nuckols, and Albert Theodore “A.T.” Vaughan and Tennessee Stepp. Jane’s fifth great-grandfather was Moses Stepp, a Revolutionary War soldier and Eastern Kentucky frontiersman. Jane was preceded in death in 2011 by her husband Frank S. Brown of Ashland, whom she married Dec. 24, 1954. She is survived by their son Frank Jr. and wife Buena of St. George Island, Fla.; daughter Sally Fairchild and husband Greg of South Point, Ohio; daughter Suzanne Winters and husband Terry of Huntington; six grandchildren, two great grandchildren, and a sister, Patricia Shrader of West Chester, Ohio. Jane’s sister Jerry Sue Taylor died in 2018. Jane was a graduate of Huntington East High. Her first jobs were at the Orpheum Theater and Myers Foundry. She worked for Island Creek Coal and State Electric Supply, and served 20 years at Marshall University, where she retired as an accounting manager in 1995. Jane was a wonderful wife, mom, and granny who forever will be loved and remembered for her beauty, modesty, and wit. She was a fan of chocolate, actor Tom Hanks, Las Vegas, big band leader Xavier Cugat, and stories relating to the Titanic. Burial service will be at 11 a.m., Friday, Aug 28, at White Chapel Memorial Gardens, Barboursville. Jane’s family are especially appreciative for the care, support, and skill of the staffs of The Wyngate at Rivers Edge Senior Living Community and the Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice.