Mary Brown

Mary Martha Warrior Brown of Ponca City has passed into heaven. She was only 52 years old. She was born on July 2, 1965 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma to Clyde M. Warrior and Della Cheryl Hopper Warrior. She worked as a secretary for the Social Security Department. She married Lamont Brown, II and together they raised six children. She enjoyed music especially tribal music. She liked Al Green. She liked to teach the children how to do the tribal dances. Her favorite song was Jingle. She was a Fancy Shaw dancer. She was a member of the Ponca Nation and a descendant of the Otoe-Missouria tribe. She loved to laugh and often teased to make others laugh. She had a very good sense of humor.
She was preceded in death by her father, Clyde Warrior, grandfather Lamont Warrior, grandmother Gloria Moncooyea, grandfather Eugene Brown, Grandmother Mava Brown, and Grandmother Katie Carson.

She is survived by her husband, Lamont of the home, sons Lamont Brown, III and Odi Brown. Daughters, Cheryl D. Brown, Katie Lynn Brown, Andellaka Brown, and Rosemary Brown. Fourteen grandchildren, two sisters, Andrea Warrior, and Kathleen Honahni, and many nieces and nephews.

A traditional tribal burial will take place on Monday, February 19, 2018 at the Otoe-Missouria Tribal Center. The noon feast will precede the giveaway and funeral service. Burial will follow at the Ponca Indian Cemetery in Ponca City, OK. The Minister Whitecloud will officiate. Pallbearers will be Lamont Brown III, Braxton Brown, Steven D Coriz, Andrew Warrior, Hunter Warrior, and Odi Brown. Honorary pallbearers will be Shawn Tohee, Bradley Childs, and DaSean Liggins.

Visitation

OtoeMissouria Tribal Complex
8151 S Highway 177
Red Rock, OK  74651
Sunday, February 18, 2018
all day

Service

Traditional tribal feast and burial

OtoeMissouria Tribal Complex
8151 S Highway 177
Red Rock, OK  74651
Monday, February 19, 2018
Noon feast

Cemetery

Ponca Tribal Cemetery
White Eagle, OK  74601