B. J. Brown, Jr.
05/11/1949 - 11/03/2019
Mr. Brown was a native of Campbellsville, KY and the son of the late BJ and Hattie Brown. Having spent a great deal of his childhood in Lexington, BJ returned to Campbellsville and graduated from Taylor County High School. His parents opened BJ Brown Funeral Home in 1947 and BJ went on to obtain a degree in Mortuary Science from Mid-America Funeral Service.
He was a lifelong member of Pleasant Green Baptist Church in Lexington and First Baptist Church in Campbellsville. BJ held memberships in the Campbellsville-Taylor County Civic League and the Funeral Directors Association of Kentucky as well as holding the position of VP of the Kentucky Association of Morticians.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Norma Louis.
Left to cherish his memory are second father and friend, Samuel Buchanan and his son, Chris of Campbellsville, KY; Cousins Cheryl (Robert) McCullum of Tallahassee, FL, Steven (Jennifer) Bush of Englewood, OH, Dora Lee of Lexington, KY, Ron Neal of Costa Rica and a host of friends.
Funeral service will be 12 noon on Friday, November 15, 2019 at First Baptist Church in Campbellsville, KY.
Visitation will be from 10:00 am to 12:00 noon on Friday, November 15, 2019 also at First Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the Crown Hill Cemetery.
Buchanan, Robinson & Percell Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.