Kathy Jane Brown, of Merkel, TX, was born on September 6, 1956, in Gainesville, TX to Kenneth Elwood and Prudence Jane (Wilson) Selby. She passed away peacefully at her Merkel residence on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, at the age of 68.

Kathy was an only child and graduated from Muenster High School in Muenster, TX. She then attended North Central Texas College in Gainesville, TX. Kathy worked at several different positions, but her busiest and proudest was raising her three daughters. She had to wear the Supermom cape as she traveled numerous miles to attend livestock shows and life events as her girls grew older and started having families of their own.

Kathy married Dustin Brown on January 5, 2005, in Gainesville, TX. Together, they owned and operated DK Brown Farms, which helped Kathy continue the tradition of going to more livestock shows and sales. This journey put more miles on as they traveled between their homes in Midland, TX, Merkel and Lamoni, IA. They continued to raise and sell their red angus throughout Texas, Oklahoma and Iowa.

Kathy loved to be around her family, although small, it meant the world to her. Keeping up with everyone's activities was a chore in itself. Dustin and Kathy loved to travel on quick weekend getaways and often longer stays, and usually one or more of the kids, grandkids and/or great grandkids were tagging along with them. These trips included Galveston, TX, Fredericksburg, TX, Branson, MO, Oklahoma City, OK or wherever a cattle show might be going on. One of the best trips was to the family ranch that was on the Missouri/Iowa border, close to Dustin's hometown of Mt. Ayr, IA, where the grandkids got to run around in the yard, go fishing, and just being able to get away and enjoy something different. The memories made on those trips will last a lifetime for all who were able to go.

Kathy was preceded in death by her parents.

Left to cherish Kathy's memory are her husband, Dustin; daughters, Courtney Enderby and Tank Campbell of Ardmore, OK, Tiffany Lucas of Merkel, TX, and Natalie Greathouse of Merkel, TX; grandchildren, Makayla Maples and husband John of Merkel, TX,  Makenzi Enderby and Channing Simmons of Baird, TX, Clayton Herriott and Amy Bohannan of Merkel, TX; Braiden Sigler and Jocelyn Carter of Fort Campbell, KY; Mason Greathouse of Merkel, TX, Harper Greathouse of Merkel, TX, Payton Lucas of Merkel, TX, and Tommi Lee Campbell of Ardmore, OK; great-grandchildren, Knox Armitage of Ardmore, OK, Sutton and Beckham Maples of Merkel, TX,  Harper Mae, Hadlee June and Haelyn Jo Herriott of Merkel, TX, Swayze Johnson of Baird, TX, and Rowan John Sigler of Fort Campbell, KY; mother-in-law, Joen Brown of Mt. Ayr, IA; brother in-law T.J. Brown of Des Moines, IA; and numerous extended family and friends. She will also be missed by her longtime furever friend, Tuffy, of the home.

Graveside services will be held on Thursday, May 22, 2025, at the Fairview Cemetery in Gainesville with Bro. Murray McMurray officiating with Tank Campbell assisting. A time of visitation will be held on Wednesday from 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. at Flanagan-Watts Funeral Home, 100 East Main Street, Marietta, OK.

Casket bearers will be Tank Campbell, Clayton Herriott, John Maples, Braiden Sigler, Mason Greathouse, and Knox Armitage.

Honorary casket bearers are Gary Johnson, Beckham Maples, Rowan Sigler and T.J. Brown.