Lorna Jean Brown

A visitation for Lorna Jean Brown, 86, Lawrence, KS will be held 6:00 p.m. ~ 8:00p.m., Friday, August 11, 2023, at Warren-McElwain Mortuary, 120 W 13th St Lawrence, KS 66044.

A graveside service will take place at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, August 12, 2023, at Maple Grove Cemetery, 1710 N 3rd St in Lawrence, KS.

Lorna passed away Monday, July 31, 2023, at her residence in Lawrence, KS with family at her side.

Lorna was born February 7, 1937, in Lawrence, Kansas, the daughter of Monroe and Thelma (Mumford) White.

Lorna was preceded in death by her parents, son, Marlon Lewis, son Michael Lewis, sister Beatrice Fowler, sister Florene Fowler, and sister Vera Reynolds.

Lorna is survived by her children, a son Dwane Lewis of Lawrence, Kansas, daughter, Sonnja Blevins of Grandview, Missouri and her children, Andrew Blevins and Austin and Aydrian Gray, Stacy Guerrier of Oakland, California, Shann Ali and her husband Mikal Ali of Charlotte, North Carolina and Shann’s children John F. Cheatem, Lanai Sylvain, Rachel Cheatem, and Rebecca Cheatem-Kantarevic and many other grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, and nephews.

She loved God with everything in her. She was a prayer warrior who prayed relentlessly for her loved ones and for all humanity to come to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. It was important to her to share the message of Gods great love and salvation anyone she came in contact with. Her faith in God was strong and that faith kept her for 86 years, but now God has called his faithful servant home.

2 Timothy 4:7 says, “ I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.”

We that remain are better for having been touched by her life and we honor and celebrate the example of godliness and love that she so faithfully demonstrated. She truly let her light shine and she will never be forgotten.

The family suggests memorials and flowers be sent in Lorna’s name in care of the Warren-McElwain Mortuary-Lawrence Chapel.