Joyce M. Brown, 96, of Corydon, Indiana, died Saturday, March 29, 2025, at Baptist Health Floyd in New Albany, Indiana.  She was born February 17, 1929, in Louisville, Kentucky, to the late Frank and Alice Gooch Shawler.  She was formerly employed as a librarian and secretary at New Middletown Grade School, was a member of New Middletown White Cross Church since 1942, and was a member of the New Middletown Homemakers Club.

 

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Marvin E. Brown; her son, Ted Brown, Sr.; her daughter-in-law, Dana Brown; her great granddaughter, Taylor Allie Dille; her brother, Frank Shawler; and her sisters, Sue Baylor and Lavern Padgett.

 

Survivors include her son, Max Brown; her brother, Jim Shawler (Nina); her grandchildren, Stephanie Brown (Anne), Christina Hess (Jeff), Dawn Tyree, and Ted “T.J.” Brown, Jr. (Brittany); her great grandchildren, Samantha McKim (Stephen Hall), Marshall Dille (Erica), Keven Ray (Sadie), Evelyn Brown, Eleanor Brown, Craig Hess (Kelsey), Cole Hess (Kaitlynn), Logan Wolfe (Allie), Dalton Tyree (Savannah), and Lillian Tyree; and her great great grandchildren, Maxton McKim, Malachi Hall, Maeva Lee Hall, Marlowe Jo Hall, Jackson Hess, John Allen Hess, Vivvyan Brooke Hess, Paisley Wolfe, and Jade Wolfe.

 

Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. Friday, April 4, 2025, at New Middletown White Cross Church in New Middletown.  Rev. Steve McAfee will officiate.  Burial will be in New Middletown White Cross Church Cemetery.

 

Visitation will be from 12:00 – 8:00 p.m. Thursday at Beanblossom-Cesar Funeral Home in Corydon, and after 10:00 a.m. Friday at the church.

 

Pallbearers will be T.J. Brown, Craig Hess, Marshall Dille, Lillian Tyree, Keven Ray, Cole Hess, and Stephen Hall.

 

The family requests that expressions of sympathy be made to Riley Children’s Foundation, P.O. Box 3356, Indianapolis, Indiana 46206 or at https://rileykids.org/.