Obituary of Olive Jean Elizabeth Brown

Olive Jean "Jeanne" Elizabeth Brown COLUMBIA - Olive Jean "Jeanne" Elizabeth Brown passed away on January 25, 2013. Born June 19, 1922 in Baltimore, Maryland, she was the daughter of Wilson Porter Smith and Jane Anne McNulty Smith. Educated at the University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins, she was an educator, world traveler, columnist for The Columbia Record, docent at the State Museum and Hampton Preston House, Red Cross Volunteer for 40 years, amateur archeologist, painter, Peace Corps volunteer for three years, owner of The Cook's Nook and numerous other endeavors. She was a military wife for 32 years, and a proud mother of Lloyd Wilson "Skip" Brown (Janet), Sherrie Jo Anne Coleman (David), grandmother of Lloyd Dwayne Brown (Vanessa), Brittany Moebes (Brandon) and Sean Coleman, and great grandmother of Dwayne and Vanessa's children Sean, Dillon and Cyrena. She was predeceased by Lloyd James Brown. Funeral services for Jeanne will be private. Greenlawn Funeral Home is assisting the family. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to the Richland County SPCA, 127 Humane Lane, Columbia, SC 29209, The American Red Cross, PO Box 91, Columbia, SC 29202 or the Alzheimer's Association, 3223 Sunset Blvd, Ste 100, West Columbia, SC 29169.