James Charles Brown, age 76, of Fair Grove, MO, passed away Thursday, October 22, 2015 at Cox Medical Center South. He was born December 1, 1938, in Ava, MO, to John and Minnie (Davis) Brown. James graduated from Ava High School and attended College of the Ozarks and Southwest Missouri State Teachers College. He was united in marriage to Georgia Hull on August 12, 1960 in Springfield, MO. He Worked for Del Monte Foods in Rochelle Illinois for 30 years, and five years at Swift and Company in Rochelle Illinois. James and Georgia enjoyed square dancing, camping and traveling; they had visited all fifty states.He was preceded in death by his parents, John and Minnie Brown; one sister, Julie Rotrock; two brothers, Robert Brown and Tom Brown; four brothers-in-law Charles D. Hull, James Silvey, Ellis Stowe, and Wally Lutz.He is survived by his loving wife of fifty- five years, Georgia Brown, Fair Grove, MO; two children, Mark E. Brown and Rita, Dixon, IL and Carol Louise Simunic and husband Stephen, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA and their two children, Suzanne M. and Jack R.; two sisters, Zola Lutz, Springfield, MO and Joann Silvey, Temecula, CA; four sisters-in-law, Sue Brown, Ava, MO, Robin Hull, Wichita, KS, Betty L. Owen and husband Tom, Springfield, MO, and Peggy Mabbott and husband Rev. Timothy, Raytown , MO; and a host of family and friends.Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Monday, October 26, 2015, at Greenlawn Funeral Home North, Springfield, MO. Burial will be held in Union Grove Cemetery, Fair Grove, MO. Visitation will be held from 1-2 p.m. on Monday, October 26, 2015 at Greenlawn Funeral Home North. Memorial contributions may be made to the Schweitzer United Methodist Church Food Pantry. Services have been entrusted to Greenlawn Funeral Home North, Springfield, MO –