{"id":13341,"date":"2025-07-01T10:48:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T15:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=13341"},"modified":"2025-07-01T10:48:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T15:48:14","slug":"james-ray-jim-brown-90-of-neoga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/13341-james-ray-jim-brown-90-of-neoga\/","title":{"rendered":"James Ray &#8220;Jim&#8221; Brown (90) of Neoga"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>James Ray &#8220;Jim&#8221; Brown<strong>,<\/strong> 90, of Neoga, Illinois passed away at 5:00 AM Sunday June 29, 2025 in his residence surrounded by family.<\/p>\n<p>He was born May 29, 1935 in Fontanet, Indiana the son of James Ray and Cora (Cook) Brown.\u00a0 He served six years in the United States Military.\u00a0 James married Wanda L. Mummel September 15, 1956 in Terre Haute, Indiana.\u00a0 Mr. Brown worked for the City Of Neoga, Illinois, Norge Group in Effingham, Illinois and retired as a Custodian at the Central National Bank in Mattoon, Illinois and was a member of the \u00a0Home Missionary Church in Neoga, Illinois.\u00a0 Jim loved going for car rides and spending time with his family and friends.<\/p>\n<p>He is survived by his children, James A. Brown (wife Donnie) of Neoga, Illinois and Rhonda Kirkley (husband Rick) of Findlay, Illinois; grandchildren, Rachel Kirkley of Sullivan, Illinois, Ryan Kirkley (Sarah) of Decatur, Illinois, Jeremy Kirkley of Sullivan, Illinois, Bobby Brown (wife Val) of Dieterich, Illinois and Tony Brown (wife Dee) of Oakland, Illinois; ten great grandchildren;\u00a0 six great great grandchildren; brothers, Michael Brown (Debbie) of Dennison, Illinois and Bob Brown of Paris, Illinois; sisters, Debbie Gifford of Pisgah, Alabama and Katie Richard (Lavon of Marshall, Illinois; and several nieces and nephews.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Brown was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Wanda Brown; grandson, Joshua Kirkley; great grandson, Ethan Brown; brothers, John Charles Brown and Joe Brown; sisters, Bonnie Jenkins and Linda Lankster.<\/p>\n<p>Memorials are suggested to the Disabled Veterans or St. Jude Children\u2019s Research Hospital. As per his wishes cremation rites will be accorded and a Life Celebration will be held at 5:30 PM Thursday July 3, 2025 in the Swengel &#8211; O\u2019Dell Funeral Home of Neoga, Illinois.\u00a0 Visitation will be Thursday July 3, 2025 from 4:00 PM\u00a0 until service time also at the funeral home.<\/p>\n<p>Online condolences may be expressed at www.swengel-odell.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jim died the morning of Sunday, June 29<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13347,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obits"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>James Ray &quot;Jim&quot; 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