Funeral services for Margaret Louise Brown, 85, of Crosby, Texas, will be held Tuesday, August 27, 2024, at 10:00 a.m., at the Cochran Funeral Home Chapel in Livingston, Texas with Rev. David Fauss and Rev. Tommy Jackson officiating. Interment will follow at 2:30 p.m., at the Rosewood Cemetery in Houston, Texas. Visitation will be held Monday, August 26, 2024, from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m., at the Cochran Funeral Home in Livingston, Texas.

Margaret Louise Brown of Crosby, Texas, left this earth to go home to her loving Savior on August 17, 2024, at 85 years of age. Louise was born in Houston, Texas, on November 14, 1938, to Gus Rider and Margaret Mooneyham Rider.

Louise is survived by her four adult children: Catherine Lozano, Thomas Brown and wife, Sandra, Robin Hodges and husband, Randy, and Kim Fults and husband, Steve. She is also survived by her nine grandchildren: Roy Pickett, Andrew Pickett, Rhonda Nunley, Howard Brown, Kristel Ward, Amy Leonard, Daniel Pickett, Ryan Hodges, and Derek Fults. Louise's legacy will continue in her extensive family, including 14 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her sister, Cecile Dotson, and husband, Charles, brother-in-law, Herbie Middleton, nephews, nieces, cousins, and lifelong friend, Louise Hughes.

Preceding her in death were her parents, Gus and Margaret Rider, her beloved husband of 52 years, William Brown, great-grandson, Justin Pickett, and four of her sisters: Betty, Mary-Jo, Lillian, and Barbara.

Louise's family meant everything to her, and she selflessly loved them and her countless dear friends. She will be deeply missed by the many who knew and loved her – until we meet again.