Annetta Brown, wife of DL Capt. Melvin Brown

 

~ IN MEMORY ~

Annetta Brown, wife of DL Capt. Melvin Brown

July 21, 1941 ~ January 5, 2025

 

Annetta Beth Brown of Hot Springs Village, Arkansas went to be with her Lord on January 5, 2025……Annetta is the wife of retired Delta Air Lines pilot Captain Melvin L. Brown.  Annetta is survived by her husband Mel, and by her children and grandchildren.

For those who may wish to send condolences, I see the family’s address listed in whitepages as

10 Guindola Circle, Hot Springs Village, AR 71909.

 

PCN memorial site

 

 

https://www.hsvvoice.com/stories/annetta-b-brown,87110 

Annetta Beth Brown of Hot Springs Village, Arkansas went to be with her Lord on January 5, 2025.

 

Annetta was born in 1941 in Kirksville, Missouri to Curtis and Mabel Schupbach. She grew up in Sedalia, Missouri, graduated from Smith Cotton High School in 1959 and from Missouri State University with an education degree in 1962. After teaching second grade in Raytown, Missouri for a year, she married her high school sweetheart, Melvin Brown, in 1963. Following her husband’s Air Force moves, she then taught school in Valdosta, Georgia and Enid Oklahoma where she returned to graduate school and obtained her master’s degree in education. After the birth of her sons, Annetta was a stay at home mom and enjoyed tennis, traveling, volunteering, and attending her sons’ sporting events. In 1985 she returned to teaching and taught second grade at Huffman Elementary in Plano, Texas for the net 15 years. She retired from teaching in 2000 to travel with her husband in his last year of flying for Delta Air Lines.

 

In 2001, she and her husband moved to Hot Springs Village, Arkansas. She played on several tennis teams, enjoyed kayaking, boating, traveling and volunteering. She was a member of Christ of the Hills United Methodist Church and its Charity Circle. She particularly loved her Bunco Babes ladies, her book clubs, and her tennis friends.

 

Survivors include her husband of 63 years, Melvin Brown, her sons, Dr. Michael Brown and his wife Lori, and United Air Lines Captain Mark Brown and his wife Laura, five grandchildren Connor, Taylor, Megan, Travis and Tanner Brown; her brother Dr. Curtis Wayne Schupbach and his wife Janet; and two nephews, Eric and Jason Schupbach.

 

A celebration of Annetta’s life will be held at Christ of the Hills United Methodist Church on April 19, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers the family requests memorials to Christ of the Hils UMC or charity of choice.