Jonesboro- Norma Ruth Brown, 79, passed Thursday, September 12, 2019. She was born September 24, 1939 in Sentinel, Oklahoma to the late Haskell and Flonnie Coffey Lesley. Mrs. Brown was an elementary school teacher for over twenty years. She enjoyed art, nature and volunteering at the hospital in Helena. She loved her family. She was survived by her husband, Clarence Brown; two sons, Phil Brown (Lisa Borden) of Memphis and Steven Brown (Michelle) of Jonesboro; a brother, Tommy Lesley of Sentinel; three grandchildren, John Garland of Lake City and Mikalya Gosa of Paragould and Mikaela Deal of Munford, TN and a great-granddaughter, Braylee Gosa of Paragould and many cousins, nephews and nieces. She was also preceded in death by two brothers, Terry Lesley and Berry Lesley. Arrangement were entrusted to Gregg-Langford Bookout Funeral Home.