Obituary

If you have successfully scanned the barcode on our tombstone, you will be able to read this! It is a new innovation from Quiring Monuments of Seattle (http://www.monuments.com/) , the company that made our tombstone. I thank Lisa and her colleagues for all of the good work they did to make this a beautiful and memorable way for others to follow us long after we are gone.

Fortunately, I am still alive and can 'fill in the blanks' so that others will be able to learn more about us. We are no different from the thousands that are buried here in Memorial Park Cemetery on Hancock Drive. It is a beautiful old cemetery but they do need to water more! As long as I am able, I will plant Bermuda grass and hope that it will adapt to the low watering schedule.

A few notes on how we found this site. Several years ago, I was visiting my Mother and Father-in-laws grave sites when I decided to ask if there were any available sites near the Callaways and the Steeles (Ann's Aunt and Uncle). They found our site which is only about 50 feet to the WEST of the Callaway and Steel grave sites. Immediately East of their sites you will find a blue cast iron bench where you can sit and relax and listen to the mockingbirds and view all of our graves. It is a very peaceful place and there are two very nice large live oaks to the north of the Callaway gravesite.

The special red granite came from China. We had several inscriptions on our tombstone. David suggested 'Spiritual Mom and Father', and Julie suggested 'Beautiful Smile and Compassionate Heart' Both are true! Then I added other specifics for Ann and me, then two things in common. For sure, we will be together 'till death do us part'.

It is my goal to get the barcodes on the Callaway's grave sites as well as the Steele's. In addition, I will be preparing some online data for my parent's graves which are in Fairview Cemetery in Pampa, Texas. In that way, you can make even more connections with our families.
It is rare to be able to help design one's own gravesite. I have taken this seriously mostly to make sure that we will not be forgotten and that we both loved the world in which we lived. We have come to fully appreciate the immensity of the cosmos and Universe and how much scientists have learned about this in the past decade. For example, we now know there is a huge amount of 'dark energy' in the Universe but we have no clues on what it is and how it may function. We do know that the Universe is expanding more rapidly since 'The Big Bang'. What an amazing time to be living on this planet! Let's just hope that we do not destroy ourselves with atomic weapons.

More later but I wanted to get this into Ann's biography mostly as an informative message. BE SURE to visit the links that I have included. Most are from YouTube with lovely videos of Ann as I knew her. Also, visit Ann's Garden as well as a music video of a poem I wrote about her. Thank you for visiting this site. Come back often. I will probably refine and change photos in the near future.

Your Friend,

Malcolm
July 22, 2014

PS August 28, 2014
I now have Dorothy and Paul Callaway's website up today. You can visit it by going to the following:
http://quiring.mem.com/Biography/6077404/79793291/79793293?title=Biography
I will also put it on the links from this site.

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Obituary and Malcolm's Poems to Ann

BROWN, Dorothy Ann Callaway

Dorothy Ann Callaway Brown was born on February 28, 1940 and passed away on February 4, 2014. She was married to Professor R. Malcolm Brown, Jr. for fifty three beautiful years, and together they shared an amazing life. She was the proud and loving parent of two beautiful children, David Malcolm and Julie Christine. She also had a handsome grandson, Christopher Mahurin.

Ann met Malcolm on a double date with their best friends, and it was love at first site for both. Ann and Malcolm completed their undergraduate degrees together at The University of Texas at Austin where Ann majored in English and minored in French. When Malcolm was in Graduate School studying Botany, Ann helped with finances by teaching at the Saint Austin Catholic School.

Ann was preceded in death by her mother and father, Dorothy and Paul T. Callaway of Austin, Texas, her mother and father-in-law, Dr. R. Malcolm and Clementine Brown of Pampa, Texas, her aunt and uncle, Gerald and Maxine Steele of Pleasanton, Texas, her maternal grandfather and grandmother, B. Arthur Stovall and Agnes Craig Stovall of San Antonio, Texas, and her maternal grandfather and grandmother Tracy King Callaway and Lucy Jones Callaway of Temple, Texas.

Ann is survived by her husband, R. Malcolm Brown, Jr., her son, David Malcolm Brown and her daughter, Julie Christine Brown of Austin, Texas, her grandchild, Christopher Mahurin, her sister Jane Elizabeth Callaway of Tyler, Texas, and her brother James Callaway of Roanoke, Virginia. Ann also is survived by her brother-in-law, Michael Brown and his wife Gail, of Avon, Connecticut, her brother-in-law, Mark Brown and his wife, Claudia, of Greeley, Colorado, and Malcolm's first cousin, Eileen Gorss, of Southborough, Massachusetts.

Ann and Malcolm had the most beautiful lives together both in Austin, Texas where they were married on August 26, 1961 at the University United Methodist Church and in Chapel Hill, North Carolina where they lived for thirteen years. During Malcolm's two teaching careers at Austin (1965-68 and 1981-present), Ann made many friends. She was especially fond of the Book Group and her friends in the University Ladies Club. Ann was ahead of her time with computers. Ann had a thirst for learning new things. She took courses in computer science and learned how to run computers in several jobs she had at the University. She also enrolled in school and completed her paralegal degree.

In 2010, her husband, Malcolm, established the Ann Callaway Brown Endowment Fund for the UT String Project in the Butler School of Music, the very same Project where Ann, as a little girl, learned how to play the violin at The University of Texas at Austin. She was an excellent violinist. Ann became concert mistress of the University String Project Orchestra. She and Malcolm loved classical music.

Ann treasured the outdoors and for many summers she and Malcolm would go to Aspen, Colorado and surrounds where they could take in the fresh mountain air, listen to beautiful concerts, and hike the beautiful trails in and about Aspen. Perhaps the most beautiful place they frequented was Maroon Bells. During the past 12 years, Malcolm and Ann rented a beautiful Condo in Aspen.

While in Aspen during the summers, Ann and Malcolm would invite many of their friends to come join them for a week or so. Among those dear friends invited was a professor in Bonn, Germany. Earlier he had hosted Ann and Malcolm in Germany, telling them about the origin of the Trappist Monks in Europe and then introducing them to the monks at St. Benedict's Monastery in nearby old Snowmass, Colorado. Ann and Malcolm befriended the monks, and to this day the Brown family is appreciative to these faithful brethren for their continual prayers and support. Father Joseph Boyle, the Abbot has been especially helpful during these trying days.

The Brown Family is truly indebted to Ann's faithful caregivers who helped make life easier for Ann. These include Santos and Lupe Santos for their incredible generosity and love, and Delores Chacon and Luisa Navarro. Santos built ramps and railings, and he and Malcolm planted Ann's Garden with beautiful roses. Santos also kept their home beautifully running during more than 26 years of loyal friendship.

Ann and the family were fortunate to travel the world. They spent a year in Freiburg, W. Germany in 1969. Ann and the children readily adapted to the culture in a nearby village, Denzlingen. In 1981, the Brown's lived for a year in Canberra, Australia, where Malcolm was a visiting research fellow. Ann and Malcolm made many good friends in Canberra. In 2000, Malcolm and Ann were invited to Japan to celebrate his 60th birthday, and their many friends attended.

Most of all, Ann loved her family. She and Malcolm were always deeply in love and respected each other. When they were alone in the beautiful mountains of Colorado, they were perhaps the closest to each other. They appreciated classical music and especially in the summers on a tarp in the grass outside of the music tent in Aspen where the great sounds of the symphony mixed in with the trembling of the aspen leaves and gentle winds of the summer. Ann sacrificed her time and energy to see that Malcolm's professional career could get off to a good start. A woman of compassion and love, the first thing one noticed was Ann's big, beautiful smile and huge heart. She was a superb mother to David and Julie, always tending to their needs up until the time of her stroke on July 17, 2009.

A Memorial Service remembering and honoring Ann and her life will be at Weed-Corley-Fish Funeral Home at 3125 North Lamar Blvd., Austin, Texas 78705, Tel 512-452-8811 at 7:00 PM, Thursday, February 13, 2014. The service also will be recorded and Webcast for those who cannot attend. Please contact the Funeral Home if you would like to participate in this manner. Burial in Austin Memorial Park Cemetery will be at a later time to be announced. Instead of flowers or gifts, friends are encouraged to contribute in memory of Ann to the Ann Callaway Endowment Fund for the UT String Project in the Butler School of Music (visit: http://endowments.giving.utexas.edu/5294/).

Contact: The University of Texas at Austin; Butler School of Music; 2406 Robert Dedman Drive; Austin, TX. 78712-1555; Attn. Development)

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POEMS by Malcolm:

MY DEAR ANN

Dear Ann, sweet one

I look into your eyes

And experience love

You bring me great happiness

I need you!

I cherish you!

I admire you!

So strong in the face of adversity

You set an example for others to follow

So kind in thoughts which are clearly understood

Even though you cannot easily express them in spoken words

I understand you, my dearest Ann!

I understand you

Long ago, God brought us together

Now we have experienced many decades together

On a journey that I could never have imagined

How lucky can I be?

To live a life with you, my Dear Ann

This I am sure

We will be together till Death do us part

Then we will join God, our Father Almighty

In harmony and peace

We will experience a new life together

Life never ends

As I hold your hand and gaze into your beautiful eyes

I am witness to your deepest soul

I love you, Ann

A Poem by Malcolm. March 31, 2013. Dedicated to my wife, Ann

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WHAT IS LOVE?

Love is Discovery

Encountering unimaginable longing

Love is Curiosity

Not knowing whenever it will come or go

Love is Dedication

Fully realizing that it always remains

But requires continued attention

Love is Bliss

Often reposing in a cloud of beautiful mists

Love is Inspiration

Giving me the power to think freely

Love is Desire

Always wanting to perfect my relationship

Love is Food

The primary nourishment of my soul

Love is Beauty

Witnessing the timeless power and dimension of the Universe

Love is Simple

So fundamental and effortless

Love is Complex

Discovering how we think, what we perceive, what we believe

Love is Essential

So absolutely necessary for survival

Above All

Love Is Love!

In all its vast permutations and combinations.

How lucky can one be?

To experience the concept and power of Love

A Poem by Malcolm. March 31, 2013. Dedicated to my wife, Ann

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