Barbara A. Browne, 81, of Owensboro, passed away on Tuesday, September 3, 2019 while under the care of Hospice of Western Kentucky. She was born January 25, 1938 in Marengo, Indiana to the late Ray and Cledie Key Stewart. Barbara was a member of the Homemakers Club at Bethabara Baptist Church.
In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Harry V. Browne; and son, William Browne; and a brother, Malcom Stewart.
Survivors include her daughters, Karen Sweat (Mike), Sharon Hundley (Mike) and Jane Durham (Phil); six grandchildren, Sarah Sweat, Miranda Coomes, Hannah Durham, Phillip Durham, Lynn Carter, and Kenneth Carter I; 10 great-grandchildren; sisters, Maggie Stewart, Carol Barton, Wilma Sikes , and Betty Rose Eastridge; brother Lloyd Stewart; and several nieces and nephews.
Services will be at 2 p.m. on Saturday, September 7, 2019 at James H. Davis Funeral Home & Crematory. Burial will follow in Owensboro Memorial Gardens. Visitation is from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday at the funeral home.
Expressions of sympathy may take the form of donations to Hospice of Western Kentucky, 3419 Wathens Crossing, Owensboro, KY 42301.