Shirley Ann Massengale Brown

Shirley Ann (Massengale) Brown of Monticello, Kentucky passed away on Monday, May 5, 2025, at her residence in Monticello, Kentucky, having attained the age of 86 years, 5 months, and 20 days. She was born in the Gap Creek Community of Wayne County, Kentucky on Tuesday, November 15, 1938, the daughter of Ode M. & Delphia (Bertram) Massengale. Shirley was of the Baptist faith and a devoted member of Steubenville Baptist Church. She worked as a secretary for the Wayne County Board of Education and found joy in gardening, cooking, and generously spoiling those she loved. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Bobby Brown, whom she wed on Thursday, June 12, 1958, siblings, Gene Massengale, Letha Ragan, Mona Perdue.

She is survived by her son, Robert L.E. Brown, daughter, Micah (& Stuart) Hicks, both of Monticello, Kentucky, grandchildren, Jenessa Brown (& Landon Morrow), Leandra Brown, Zach Hicks, Landry Brown, and Sydney Hicks (& William King), great-grandchildren, Sophia Morrow, and Logan Watson.

The funeral service will be conducted on Thursday, May 8, 2025, at 2:00 P.M. E.S.T. in the Memory Chapel of the New’s Monticello Funeral Home. The family will receive friends on Thursday, May 8, 2025, beginning at 11:00 A.M. E.S.T.  until the funeral hour. Burial will be in the Elk Springs Cemetery in Monticello, Kentucky.

New’s Monticello Funeral Home in Monticello, Kentucky, is honored to be in charge of all the arrangements.