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Linvel Ovell Brown

By Mark Buckles Sep 30, 2024 | 1:05 PM

Linvel Ovell Brown, 85, a beloved figure of Summer Shade, Kentucky, sadly left our world on Sunday, September 29, 2024, after a life richly lived in kindness. Ovell was born in Dubre, Kentucky, on June 11, 1939, to the late Ludy Fowler Brown and Roxie Mae Harper. He was a self-employed diesel mechanic for many years.

Survivors include his loving wife of 61 years, Mary Ann “Ritter” Brown; daughters, Susie Brown (Mark), Carol Brown (Josh), Jennifer Pedigo (Jimmy), and Amanda Brown-Wyatt (Nathan); grandchildren, April Matthews (Ryan), Candice Johnson (Ryan), Jenna Grace Pedigo, and Garrett Wyatt (Taylor); great-grandchildren, Preston and Kimber Matthews, Carson and Rhett Johnson; brother, Glen Brown; sister, Janet Parke (Lonnie).

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brothers, Robert and Wendell Brown; sisters, Marie Brown, Melba Murley, and Mary Thurman; and his grandson, Corbin Wyatt.

Funeral services will be held at 1:00 PM Wednesday, October 2, 2024, at McMurtrey Funeral Home with burial in the Summer Shade Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2:00 PM until 8:00 PM on Tuesday, October 1, 2024, and again on Wednesday morning until time for the service at the funeral home.