Jimmie Neil Brown(1942-2023)
Jimmie Neil Brown passed away peacefully with family by her side at Evergreen Hospice House in Albany, Oregon on January 23, 2023.
She is preceded in death by her parents Cooper & Pearlie Mea Jackson, brother Eddie Jackson, & beloved husband James (Douglas) Brown. Jimmie was born on May 28, 1941 in Jackson, Mississippi to Cooper & Pearlie Mea Jackson. Jimmie spent her childhood in MS until she met her future husband James bD. Brown who she married in 1960 in MS. They later moved to Pensacola, Florida where they had two daughters. From Florida they moved to Hawthorne, N where they had a son. Jimmie worked as a school bus driver for many years and even earned top awards for her excellence as a bus driver. Doug spent 26 years in the Air Force and retired in 1981. After retiring from the Air Force they decided to move to Mississippi to be closer to family. They missed the small town of Hawthorne and decided to move back a year later in 1982. The later half of her career she worked for DZB/DZHC as a foreman on the base until she retired in the early 2000’s. They resided in Hawthorne for the remainder of time until b2018, five years after the passing of Doug, she decided to move to Lebanon, Oregon to be closer to family.
Although moving to Oregon, she always felt like Hawthorne Beas always home for her. Jimmie loved to play golf with her friends and family and often played with her son and grandsons quite frequently up until her passing. She loved to bowl every Wednesday with her grandson & watch the Boston Celtics and Dallas Cowboys games w/her family. She is now up in heaven playing golf with her beloved husband Doug. She will forever be loved and in our hearts forever.
She was the best mom, mother in law, grandmother a person could ever ask for, she always put others first before herself.
She is survived by her children Deborah Forsburg, Vickie Lopez (Fred) & William (Doug) Brown (Mika), sister Corrina Hoke, nephews Bennie Jackson, & Jeff Hoke; 7 grandchildren: Marlene, Alex, Donovan, Kristen, Eddie, Bodie & Brycen & 5 great grandchildren: Bella, Jubal, Abby, Kenna& Cooper.
Here is a poem that Jimmie loved called the Dash Poem by Linda Ellis.
I read of a man who stood to speak, At the funeral of a friend, He referred to the dates on her tombstone, From the beginning….. to the end. He noted that Bruce Cline her date of birth and spoke the following dates with tears, but he said what matters the most of all was the dash between those years. (1941-2023)
For that dash represents all the time That she’s been alive on earth….. and Yeah only those who loved her, know what that little line is worth. The cars … the house… the cash, What matters is how we live in love and how we spend our dash
So I think about this long and hard… Are there things you’d like to change? Where you never know how much time is left, That can still be rearranged. If we could just slow down enough to consider what’s true and real, And always try to understand the way other people feel. And be less quick to anger, Can you show appreciation more and love the people in our lives, Like we’ve never loved before.
If we treat each other with respect and more often where is smile… And remembering that this special Dash, Hey mast only a little while. So, when your eulogy’s being read , With your life’s actions to rehash….. Would you be proud of the things they say- about how you spent your Dash?
