Linda "Lynn" Dodge Brown

June 13, 1947 – July 27, 2021

Memorial Service for Lynn Dodge Brown, age 74, will be held Friday, August 13 at 6:00 p.m. at Celebrations in Pell City. The family will receive friends from 4 to 6 p.m. at Celebrations.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations can be made to Lakeside Hospice or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in memory of Lynn.

Memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared with the family at www.kilgroefh.com Kilgroe Funeral Home – Pell City directing.

Lynn is survived by: her loving, caring, sweet, devoted husband of 44 wonderful years, Bob Brown; her mother, Helen Golden; brothers, Jimmy (Edie) Golden, Paul (Joy Lynn) Golden, sister, JoAnn (Greg) Bain, nieces and nephews Christa and Colbie Dodge, Michael (Laura) Golden, Tim (Teia) Golden, Victoria Lynn Golden, Logan (Lauren) Golden, Adam (Kelsey) Bain and Alex Bain, Don (Christy) Mappin, and a host of great nieces and nephews, special long-time friend, Patricia Milton, plus many, many friends. She is preceded in death by father, John Golden and brother, Lonnie Dodge. In 1980,

Bob and Lynn were house parents at the Alabama Sheriff's Boys Ranch and many of the boys still keep in touch with them and think of them almost like parents.

One of Lynn’s great passions was flying… she was a flight attendant, first with Mackey International, for 7 years, and then with USAir for 23 years. To Lynn, it was never a job, but a calling—to make people happy. In 1994, her career was cut short when she was placed on too much intravenous antibiotics (Gentamicin and Vancomycin) for too long which led to the total destruction of her vestibular nerve, and she lost all of her balance. Lynn, being the trooper she is, did not let this defeat her – she taught herself how to balance and learn to walk – she even started a support group for others who had been damaged by these medications and called it “Wobblers Anonymous.” The group grew to over 2,000 people from all over the world and they helped bring attention to the harmful effects of these drugs when not properly monitored. She had the opportunity to spread the word on ABC local news, Nightly News with Dan Rather, on Dateline and she also appeared on Oprah.

To know Lynn was to love her; she made friends with most everyone she came in contact with and was a ray of sunshine everywhere she went. If Lynn was around,

you were guaranteed to be laughing.

Lynn loved to sing; she started singing gospel with her cousins when she was 10.

When Bob retired in 2003, he started going to the guitar shop in Childersburg “pickin’ and singin’ 5 days a week. Eventually, Allen Senn asked both Bob and Lynn to join his bluegrass band; Lynn and Allen would sing, and Bob played bass. They performed

to the delight of many until Lynn had a surgery that unfortunately took away her voice.

Lynn loved her husband, her family and her friends with all her heart. She was

strong-willed, extremely honest, caring, hilarious, and unforgettable.

There aren’t enough words to explain how much joy she has brought into this world, nor how much she will be missed. Lynn will be forever deeply loved.

Now she’s back singing – and flying again – with angel’s wings.