Sharon Brown

Sharon Jean Eakers Brown, known to all as "Jeannie," 68, of Cape Girardeau passed away peacefully Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019, after nearly a lifelong battle with diabetes, surrounded by family and friends. They both finally gave up. To Heaven she goes.

Sharon was born Dec. 12, 1950, in Cape Girardeau to William "Bill" and Anna Earlene Tidwell Eakers. She married Dale Brown on July 1, 1977, in Cape Girardeau, and they lived happily ever after. These two were definitely meant for each other. Together, they raised three children.

Sharon had a career in home health care and made her life and living taking care of others, no matter if they liked it or not. Sharon was a great wife, mother and a doting grandmother. She was a great friend and an even greater enemy, if you were so unlucky. She was smart, funny, strong and brave, with an undying will for what she wanted in life. She was truly a force in her friends' and families' lives. She was loved by them all.

She was a member of Red Star Baptist Church.

Survivors include her husband, Virgil Dale Brown of Cape Girardeau; three children, Tim (Gloria) Pender, Jamie (Sharon) Pender and Cynthia (Ronnie) Cochran; 11 grandchildren, Linsey Reed, Lorey Pender, Dustin Wondrick, Leigha Grant, Caleb Pender, Kaylee Heider, Alaina Pender, Danny Lunsford and Tiffany, Tabatha and John Piwowarczyk; seven great-grandchildren, Jeremy, Katelyn, McKenzie, Jaxon, Alexus, Ava and Karleigh; two brothers, Terry (Sherry) Eakers and Scott (Karen) Eakers; a sister, Carolyn Boes; and special friends, Rose Clover, Becky Luebber-Sullivan and Kelly Baltzell.

Sharon Brown

She was preceded in death by her parents; stepfather, Don Henderson; brother, Edward Rodgers; and lifelong friends, Becky Hill and Sue Coomer.

Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Tuesday at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.

Funeral will be at 4 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Rick Crump officiating. Private burial will be at Hobbs Chapel Cemetery in Cape Girardeau.

Online condolences may be made at www.fordandsonsfuneralhome.com.