Jacqueline (Jackie) Pauline Stevens Brown
May 10, 1923 May 30, 2016 Jacqueline (Jackie) Pauline Stevens Brown, 93, formerly of Fayetteville, Ark., died on Memorial Day, May 30, 2016. She was born May 10, 1923, in Little Rock, Ark., the daughter of Jesse Curry and Mary Louise Craig Stevens.
She was educated in Little Rock public schools and attended the University of Arkansas, where she met her husband of 68 years. After living in Joplin and Independence, Mo., they relocated to Fayetteville in 1973 to make it their permanent home.
She was the retired assistant to the dean of the former College of Agriculture and Home Economics at the University of Arkansas and served in several other positions prior to that time. She was a member of Central United Methodist Church in Fayetteville, a member of the United Methodist Women’s Circle 7, an original member of the Scottish Society of Northwest Arkansas, a member of Marion Chapter DAR, and president of the former Southwest Missouri Conference Women’s Society of Christian Service. She presided at the Uniting Conference of the Missouri West Conference WSCS and Wesleyan Service Guild and the Evangelical United Brethren Society of World Services, forming the new Missouri West Conference, United Methodist Women. She served as the first president and was a member of the committee which chose the new logo of the cross and flame.
One of her greatest joys while living in Missouri was to travel to Mount Sequoyah in Fayetteville to attend the South Central Jurisdiction Schools of Missions to earn certification to teach in local churches and to conduct workshops pertaining to various offices.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Walter Norton Brown; son, Steven Norton Brown and his wife Judith Ann Brown; and a brother, Jesse C. Stevens Jr.
She is survived by a granddaughter, Jennifer Tinsley and husband Blake of Anderson, Mo; grandson, Chris Brown of Bryant, Ark.; great-granddaughter, Bailey Stehm and husband Shea of Joplin; and a great-grandson, Ethan Tinsley of Anderson.
Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. on June 3, 2016, at Ozark Memorial Cemetery in Joplin.
The family requests no flowers; memorials may be made to: Central United Methodist Church, Good S.A.M. Fund, P.O. Box 1106, Fayetteville, AR 72702.