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Jonathen's obituary

Jonathen Dale Brown-Young, infant son of Karyn Kelly Brown (*now Karyn Gardner), and B. Young, at 17 weeks of gestation, was taken into the care of God before his earthly life began, on November 5, 2007 at Stonewall Jackson Hospital in Lexington, VA.

In addition to his mother, Karyn, surviving are his Grandfather, Roger Brown, Great-Grandmothers, Frances Brown and Virginia Bennington, Uncle, Zachary Brown, and many extended family members.

Jonathen is preceded in death by his Great-Grandfather, Thomas Hostetter (1923-1995). (*Jonathen is now also joined in Heaven by his Step-Grandfather, Lonnie Foster (1957-2013), Grandmother, Wanda Foster (1963-2016), Great-Grandfather, William Brown (1940-2017), Step Great-Grandfather, Rufus Bennington (1938-2018), and Great-Great-Grandmother, Hallie Williams (1924-2019).)

There was no funeral service. Jonathen's tiny remains were donated to medical science with hope of providing a better understanding of Intrauterine Fetal Death. May that be Jonathen's legacy. A memorial dinner was held on November 7, 2007. A memorial dinner has been held every year since on November 5 and that tradition continues.

God had bigger plans for our beloved little JD. Jonathen is forever loved, missed and remembered.

(*A memorial marker will be placed in the Brown Family Cemetery in Amherst County, Virginia and in the Gardner Family Cemetery, as yet to be established.)

(*Updated by Karyn Gardner, September 3, 2019.)

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