Minnie Lee Wright Kerfoot Brown, 74, of 1205 N. 14th St., Lafayette, and a former Brookston resident, died Sunday, March 30, 2003 at St. Anthony's Healthcare in Lafayette. She had been a resident at St. Anthony since July 1995.
She was born November 30, 1928 in Hardin County Kentucky, the daughter of Blanford and Rosie Brown Martin.
She graduated from Howe Valley High School in Kentucky in 1946 and moved to Brookston that same year. She attended Beauty College.
She worked at Jessup Paper Box in Brookston, St. Elizabeth Hospital, Lafayette and retired from Duncan Meter in 1986 after working there for 11 years.
She attended Congress Street United Methodist Church in Lafayette.
Her first marriage was to Melvin H. Kerfoot, Jr. in 1946 and ihey were divorced. She then married James Brown and he preceded her in death.
Survivors are a daughter, Janie VanMeter, of Lafayette and three sons; Melvin (Andrea) Kerfoot III of Ft. Wayne, Rex (Deb) Kerfoot of Sumter, S.C. and Kendall (Amy) Kerfoot, of Lafayette and one brother Eschol E. Martin, of Elizabethtown, KY. Ten grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
Funeral Services were today at Hartzler Funeral Home with Rev. Jan Dimick officiating. Burial was in I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Brookston.
Memorials may be made to Activities Fund at St. Anthony Healthcare.