Melissa Brown

(From Ferry Funeral Home)

Melissa Brown, 48 passed away at her home in Nevada, Missouri, on Sunday, April 26. She was born on February 2, 1978, in Nevada to Andrea Wright and Warren Coltharp Grove.

Melissa graduated from Nevada High School and went on to earn her bachelor’s degree in Family Studies and Human Services at Kansas State University in Manhattan KS in 2006. She dedicated her career to helping troubled and special needs youth. Her work included serving as a Youth Crisis Case Manager at Gulf Coast Center in Angleton, Texas, as well as a Behavioral Health Specialist and Admissions Coordinator at Heartland Behavioral Health in Nevada. While raising her children, she also worked as an autism paraprofessional in the Manhattan, Kansas, school system.

Melissa found joy in life’s simple pleasures. She loved fishing and camping, and she had a passion for crafting. She especially enjoyed making shirts and handmade items for others, as well as painting, wood burning, and building small crafts.

Melissa was previously married to Joseph Miller of Nevada, Missouri, and together they had three children: Tritteny, Micayla, and Brandon, who were the center of her world. She later married Chad Roberts and Josh Brown. She was unmarried at the time of her passing.

She was preceded in death by her father, Warren Coltharp Grove; one half-sister Esther Chastain; her grandparents, Belva Chanove and Otis Wright; her stepfather, James Taylor; and several aunts, uncles, and cousins.

Melissa is survived by her children: Tritteny Miller of Butte, Montana; Micayla Miller of Nevada, Missouri; and Brandon Miller of Nevada, Missouri; her mother, Andrea Gail Jaume (Michael Jaume Sr.) of Alvin, Texas; her stepsister, Kelsey Jaume; her stepbrother, Michael Jaume Jr. (Carrie); her grandmother, Thelma Wright of Lamar, Missouri; two half-sisters, Heather Cassell and Lytha Coltharp-Davis and many aunts, uncles, and cousins.

Services will be announced at a later time.