Randall (Randy) Kent Brown was born on February 22, 1959 in Humansville, Missouri and passed from this life on March 9, 2013, at the age of 54. Randy made a profession of faith in Jesus Christ as a young man and lived his life in the service of his Savior. Randy married Stephanie Ann Mallory on June 20, 1987. Randy and Stephanie have two children, Mallory Ann Brown and Stephen James Brown. Mallory is a Registered Nurse at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, and Stephen is in his senior year at Glendale High School in Springfield.
Randy is a member of Second Baptist Church in Springfield. He is a graduate of the University of Missouri in Rolla and was active in several professional engineering and real estate societies. Surviving Randy are his wife of 25 years, Stephanie, daughter, Mallory, and son, Stephen; his parents, Bob and Marcella Brown; his sister Cheryl Briggs, and her husband Dr. Thomas Briggs; his brother, Mark Brown; his father- and mother-in-law, Arthur and Joann Mallory; and his many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Felda and Helen Medlock and Dillard and Lorene Brown.
A celebration of Randy’s life will be held at Second Baptist Church in Springfield at 11:00 A.M. on Monday, March 11, 2013. Burial will follow in Greenwood Cemetery in Bolivar, Missouri. Visitation will be from 3:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M. on Sunday, March 10, 2013 at Greenlawn Funeral Home East in Springfield. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to ARC of the Ozarks, Second Baptist Church Choir, Springfield, or Vitae Foundation. The family is grateful for all the prayers of many friends and loved ones as our husband, father, brother, and son took his courageous and grace-filled journey during this short illness.