Linda Lou Brown

Linda Lou Brown, 78, passed away peacefully at AdventHealth Tampa hospital on May 30, surrounded by family, after a brief illness.

Born in Toledo, OH on March 25, 1947, she was the second youngest of eight children born to Walter Dominic Jacobs and Mary Rose Vallade. The family moved frequently, before settling in Tampa. 

Four siblings survive her Nina Wygant, Larry Jacobs, Kenneth Jacobs (Sandy), and Lorraine Overstreet (Bill), along with her children: Barbara Loatwall, Donnie Brown (Vickie), Kenny Brown (Misty), Julie Hensley (Maurice), Kevin Wood (Brent), David Brown, and Richard Hunter. She is survived by many grandchildren and great grandchildren.

She met Mana Lee Brown at the tire shop in south Tampa that he managed. Their marriage, celebrated in 1973 on the small parcel of land they cleared in then-rural Land O’ Lakes, lasted until his death in 2014.

Their land supported gardens and livestock and its harvest fed the family and was shared with friends and neighbors.

Linda worked for 30 years at the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office as a dispatch operator.

A devoted and longtime member of the Land O’ Lakes Church of God, Linda served as vice president of the Women’s Ministry and actively supported the church’s mission. 

A Memorial Service will take place on June 21st at 12pm with lunch to follow at Land O’ Lakes Church of God. She will be interred at Fivay Cemetery in Spring Hill, next to Lee. 

In lieu of flowers, the family kindly requests any donations to be made to the Humane Society. Linda loved her animals.