SACRAMENTO, Ky. — Roy Brown Jr., 82, of Sacramento, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, July 4, 2019, at Signature Healthcare of Hartford, Kentucky. Roy Brown Jr. was born Aug. 13, 1936, in Lynn City, Kentucky, a small community in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, to the late Roy Sr. and Ila Leveille Jenkins Brown and was married to the former Betty Sue Vanover Wilson Brown on Jan. 9, 1988.
He was owner and operator of Brown’s Garage and Wrecker Service, member of Worthington Chapel United Methodist Church, member of Sacramento Lions Club for 50 years, member of the Sacramento Fire Department, and member of the Sacramento Lodge #735 F.& A.M. Roy enjoyed antique tractors and tractor pulls, singing karaoke at the Blue Jays Café, and spending time with his family and grandchildren.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife of 25 years, Betty Sue Brown, who died April 1, 2013; a great-grandson, Luke Daniel Brown; and a sister, Mary Ann Mackey.
Survivors include a son, Danny Brown, of Beaver Dam, Kentucky; a daughter, Amanda Sue Bates, of Island, Kentucky; two stepsons, Billy Wilson, of Bowling Green, Kentucky, and Michael Ross Wilson, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee; 10 grandchildren, and a niece and nephew.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Muster Funeral Homes, Calhoun Chapel with the Rev. Michael Strehl officiating. Burial will be in the Worthington Chapel Cemetery in McLean County. Friends may visit with Roy’s family from 3 p.m. until 7 p.m. Saturday, and from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. Sunday at Muster’s in Calhoun. Masonic services for Roy will be held at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Musters in Calhoun.
The Roy Brown, Jr. family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of donations to the Sacramento Lions Club; C/O Kenny Lee; 386 Dillahay-Dame Loop; Island, KY 42350. Memorial contribution envelopes will be available at Musters in Calhoun.
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