Tricia Diane Brown

Tricia Diane Brown, 51, of Siloam Springs, Arkansas, and Mulvane, Kansas, passed away on October 31, 2024, at Northwest Medical Center in Springdale, Arkansas. Born on September 22, 1973, she was the daughter of the late Larry Dean Turner and Lilly Sue Humbolt Turner. On July 19, 2001, Tricia married Thomas Edward Brown in Rogers, Arkansas. She had been a resident of Siloam Springs for 26 years, having moved from Mulvane, Kansas. Tricia was a member of the Latter-day Saints Church in Siloam Springs, where she found community and support. Tricia was a ferocious basketball player who emulated Dennis Rodman in her defensive game. She still holds several unbroken records at Mulvane High School, which led to her scholarship to play basketball at Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas. She graduated from Southwestern with a degree in communications and Broadcast Journalism. She was a disc jockey for the College Radio Station, worked as a DJ after graduation, and maintained her broadcasting license all her life. Her love for music continued all her life, whether she was attending concerts or working in the concert arena. She inherited farmland when her parents passed away and was very proud of the fact that she was a fourth-generation farmer. She loved to tell people “Yes, my husband and I are Farmer Brown!” She was preceded in death by her mother, Lilly Sue Humbolt Turner; her father, Larry Dean Turner. She is survived by her husband, Thomas Edward Brown of Siloam Springs, Arkansas; her daughter, Hannah Lilly Brown of Siloam Springs, Arkansas; her son, Jacob Samuel Brown of Siloam Springs, Arkansas; her sister, Rhonda Lewis of Fresno, California; two brothers, Troy Dean Turner of Derby, Kansas, and Michael Turner of Mulvane, Kansas; her uncle, Norman “Butch” Turner of Mulvane, Kansas; numerous other relatives. A visitation is scheduled from 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 6, 2024, at Wasson Funeral Home in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. A second visitation will take place an hour before the funeral service on Thursday, November 7, 2024, at Wasson Funeral Home, from10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m., with service starting at 11:00 a.m. In addition to these services, there will be a viewing at the Smith Family Mortuary in Mulvane, Kansas from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Friday, November 8, 2024. The graveside service will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 9, 2024, at El Paso Cemetery in Derby, Kansas. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to the Tricia Brown Memorial Scholarship Fund, in care of Carson Bank, P.O. Box 158, Mulvane, Kansas 67110.

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Tricia Diane Brown

September 22, 1973 - October 31, 2024