Jean Keeling Brown

Jean Evelyn Keeling Brown, 84 of South Charleston passed away Monday March 23, 2015. She is survived by her husband, Gene Brown; children, Ken Brown of Vienna, WV, Sandra Brown and husband Ralph Abato of New Britain, CT, and Scott Brown and wife Whitney of St. Albans; seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; brothers Harold “Boots” and Ray Keeling, and sister Lucille Wallace. She was preceded in death by her parents Ross Franklin and Mamie Hodges Keeling, brother, Bill Keeling and sister, Virginia “Ginger” King. Jean was born in Hurricane on July 1, 1930. Her family moved to Hinton and then Pickaway, WV where she spent most of her childhood and teenage years. After graduating from Union High, she attended the Charleston School of Commerce and began attending Fifth Avenue Church of God in South Charleston where she met her husband, Gene. She took a job with Columbia Gas for a few years before starting a family. Once the children were older, she began working as the secretary at Fifth Avenue Church of God. In 1980 she went back to work at Columbia Gas where she was Sr. Property Accountant in the Rate Department until retirement. Jean loved her family and family gatherings. She had a strong faith in God and loved her church family. She was very active in her church over the years: singing in the choir, teaching Sunday school and at one point becoming President of the "Women of the Church of God.” Funeral service will be held at 10:00am Friday March 27, 2015 at Fifth Avenue Church of God, 200 Fifth Avenue, South Charleston, WV 25303 with Pastor Rod Campbell officiating. Burial will follow in Cunningham Memorial Park, St. Albans. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service Friday at the church. In honor of Jean, in lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her name to the one of the following Alzheimer’s Association, 1601 2nd Ave, Charleston, WV 25387 or online at ALZ.org.; Kanawha Charleston Humane Association, 1248 Greenbrier Street, Charleston, WV 25311; Heart and Hand Thrift Store, South Charleston, WV 25309; Union Mission Ministries, 700 S. Park Road, Charleston, WV 25304 or Fifth Avenue Church of God, 200 Fifth Avenue, South Charleston, WV 25303. Bartlett-Chapman Funeral Home, family-owned and located at 409 Sixth Avenue, St. Albans is honored to serve the Brown family.

Jean Keeling Brown

July 1, 1930 - March 23, 2015