Carrie Ina Brown

Mrs. Carrie Ina Brown, age 85 of Ocala and formerly of Lake City and White Springs, passed away Tuesday, October 7, 2025.  Mrs. Brown was born in White Springs to the late Thomas Jefferson and Effie Rigsby Bryan and was a graduate of White Springs High School. She enjoyed reading and doing puzzles, traveling and gardening, was an avid Florida Gator football fan and a member of Parkview Baptist Church in Lake City. Mrs. Brown was a newspaper carrier and met her husband while employed by Florida Times Union and the two of them spent several years delivering papers together.  Mrs. Brown is survived by her daughters: Debbie (J.W.) Grant, Cindy (Mike) Parker, and Geniece (Doug) Collins; six grandchildren, eight great grandchildren; four nieces and four nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband: Andrew James “A.J” Brown; and siblings: Oleta Lightsy, Frances Herndon, Mary Alice Sweat, Lila Fish, Evelyn Stormant, Alma Ruth Sweat, Joe M. Bryan and Elmer Leon Bryan. Funeral services to celebrate her life will be held 11:00am, Friday, October 10, 2025, in the chapel of Guerry Funeral Home, Lake City with Reverend Tommy Lindsey officiating. Interment will follow the service at Memorial Cemetery, Lake City. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Guerry Funeral Home 2659 SW Main Blvd, Lake City, Florida is honored to serve the Brown family.