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Leanna Brown-Claybon

Place of birth: Meridian, Mississippi

Religious affiliation: Christian

Leanna Brown-Clayborn, died Thursday, October 6, 2016, of natural causes. She married Willie Clayborn in 1948 where he is proceeded in her passing in 1999.She retired from the Mississippi board of education and became the owner of her own sewing and design shop. She served as a member of the local school board for twenty years.She is survived by her daughter, Anne, Springfield, three sons, Paul J. and his wife Susan, Boulder, Colorado; John O. and his wife Kristen, Appleton, Wisconsin; Michael R. and his wife, Diane, Riverside, California; two daughters, Elizabeth and her husband Jeremy Edwards, Phoenix, Arizona; and Marie, Springfield. He also has two grandchildren and is survived by his mother, his sister Kathryn Jones, and his brother Sidney, all of Springfield.Funeral services will be held Thursday, October 14 at 1 p.m. at the First Baptist Church Meridian, MS. Friends may call two hours before the services. Memorial contributions in lieu of flowers may be given to the Mississippi Elementary School. Interment will be in the Meridian City Cemetery.