Natalie Brown Herndon, PhD, age 69, fell asleep in the Lord on Saturday, April 18th, at Kings Daughter’s Medical Center in Brookhaven, MS, following a hard-fought struggle with Lung Cancer.
On April 30th, 1945, Natalie was born in Mobile, Alabama. She was a beautiful red haired girl who was adopted as an infant by her loving parents, Mims Emerson Brown (a cotton gin owner) and Natalie Barber Brown (a first grade school teacher).
Sadly, Natalie contracted polio at age 6, the year before the vaccine was available, and spent 3 years at the hospital in Warm Springs, GA which had been set up by FDR for the treatment of polio. She remarkably had over 30 surgeries on her legs and knees before the age of 10, all while living apart from her parents who lived in Jackson, MS.
This did not stop her from becoming an “A” student. Thanks to her school teacher mother, she became one of the first children who benefitted from teachers coming to her home from school to continue her education during her rehabilitation. After graduating high school, she participated in the Vocational Rehabilitation program and finished her Bachelors degree at the Mississippi University for Women, in just three years instead of four. She did this because she was sensitive to the fact that she was there on a grant from the U.S. Government and did not want to be financially irresponsible. Natalie later graduated from the University of MS Medical Center in Jackson, MS, in 1969, with a M.S. In chemistry, then graduated from Tulane Medical School, in New Orleans, LA, with her PhD in biochemistry in 1972.
Natalie was known as a "can do" person. In her younger life, she could go faster on her two crutches than most people could run. She had a love of life and learning and was a brilliant and loving woman. She supported her husband of over 40 years, Dr. Caleb William Herndon, by becoming the owner of Brookhaven Optical and being the Co-Owner/Manager of the Herndon Eye Clinic. She was a dynamic business woman, and also owned/operated Herndon Quarter Horses, which she developed into a nationally respected quarter horse stable and breeding program, creating multiple World Championship level horses. She raised her children balancing love of learning and assisting them in teaching life lessons which resulted from years of hard work.
Natalie's personality and her smile were contagious. She never met a stranger. She had an innate ability to relate to people and express compassion and interest in them. She made you feel that you were liked, appreciated, and that you had just made a friend. She also absolutely loved her animals. She joked several times that she could keep a full time vet in business, with all of her dogs and beloved cats most of which were rescued animals. She further expressed her compassionate nature through her lifelong service in various volunteer and community organizations, and was recognized for her work as "Alumni of the Year" by the Mississippi University for Women, and “Lion of The Year” by the Brookhaven Evening Lions Club.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Caleb William Herndon, M.D., and her parents Mr. and Mrs. Mims Emerson and Natalie Briscoe Brown, of Jackson, MS.
May God richly bless the entire staff of the University of Mississippi Medical Center (Oncology, Floor staff and nurses, Dr. Harrison, MD, and Dr. Puneky, MD), Kings Daughter’s Medical Center, Dr. Moak, Monique at Sta-Home Health and Hospice, and her angelic caregivers Dana At, Renee, and Karlie.
Local visitation will be held at the Brookhaven Funeral Home, located on 894 Natchez Dr., Tuesday, April 21st, from 5:00-8:00 pm. Funeral services will be held at the Meadowbrook Church of Christ, in Jackson, MS, on Wednesday, April 22nd, with visitation at 5:00 pm and the funeral service to follow at 5:30 pm.
In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the following organizations: The March of Dimes, Sunnybrook Children's Home, or the Mississippi University for Women.
Brookhaven Funeral Home (Natchez Drive) is in charge of the arrangements. 4/19/2015
On April 30th, 1945, Natalie was born in Mobile, Alabama. She was a beautiful red haired girl who was adopted as an infant by her loving parents, Mims Emerson Brown (a cotton gin owner) and Natalie Barber Brown (a first grade school teacher).
Sadly, Natalie contracted polio at age 6, the year before the vaccine was available, and spent 3 years at the hospital in Warm Springs, GA which had been set up by FDR for the treatment of polio. She remarkably had over 30 surgeries on her legs and knees before the age of 10, all while living apart from her parents who lived in Jackson, MS.
This did not stop her from becoming an “A” student. Thanks to her school teacher mother, she became one of the first children who benefitted from teachers coming to her home from school to continue her education during her rehabilitation. After graduating high school, she participated in the Vocational Rehabilitation program and finished her Bachelors degree at the Mississippi University for Women, in just three years instead of four. She did this because she was sensitive to the fact that she was there on a grant from the U.S. Government and did not want to be financially irresponsible. Natalie later graduated from the University of MS Medical Center in Jackson, MS, in 1969, with a M.S. In chemistry, then graduated from Tulane Medical School, in New Orleans, LA, with her PhD in biochemistry in 1972.
Natalie was known as a "can do" person. In her younger life, she could go faster on her two crutches than most people could run. She had a love of life and learning and was a brilliant and loving woman. She supported her husband of over 40 years, Dr. Caleb William Herndon, by becoming the owner of Brookhaven Optical and being the Co-Owner/Manager of the Herndon Eye Clinic. She was a dynamic business woman, and also owned/operated Herndon Quarter Horses, which she developed into a nationally respected quarter horse stable and breeding program, creating multiple World Championship level horses. She raised her children balancing love of learning and assisting them in teaching life lessons which resulted from years of hard work.
Natalie's personality and her smile were contagious. She never met a stranger. She had an innate ability to relate to people and express compassion and interest in them. She made you feel that you were liked, appreciated, and that you had just made a friend. She also absolutely loved her animals. She joked several times that she could keep a full time vet in business, with all of her dogs and beloved cats most of which were rescued animals. She further expressed her compassionate nature through her lifelong service in various volunteer and community organizations, and was recognized for her work as "Alumni of the Year" by the Mississippi University for Women, and “Lion of The Year” by the Brookhaven Evening Lions Club.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Caleb William Herndon, M.D., and her parents Mr. and Mrs. Mims Emerson and Natalie Briscoe Brown, of Jackson, MS.
May God richly bless the entire staff of the University of Mississippi Medical Center (Oncology, Floor staff and nurses, Dr. Harrison, MD, and Dr. Puneky, MD), Kings Daughter’s Medical Center, Dr. Moak, Monique at Sta-Home Health and Hospice, and her angelic caregivers Dana At, Renee, and Karlie.
Local visitation will be held at the Brookhaven Funeral Home, located on 894 Natchez Dr., Tuesday, April 21st, from 5:00-8:00 pm. Funeral services will be held at the Meadowbrook Church of Christ, in Jackson, MS, on Wednesday, April 22nd, with visitation at 5:00 pm and the funeral service to follow at 5:30 pm.
In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the following organizations: The March of Dimes, Sunnybrook Children's Home, or the Mississippi University for Women.
Brookhaven Funeral Home (Natchez Drive) is in charge of the arrangements. 4/19/2015
Natalie Brown Herndon, PhD, age 69, fell asleep in the Lord on Saturday, April 18th, at Kings Daughter’s Medical Center in Brookhaven, MS, following a hard-fought struggle with Lung Cancer.
On April 30th, 1945, Natalie was born in Mobile, Alabama. She was a beautiful red haired girl who was adopted as an infant by her loving parents, Mims Emerson Brown (a cotton gin owner) and Natalie Barber Brown (a first grade school teacher).
Sadly, Natalie contracted polio at age 6, the year before the vaccine was available, and spent 3 years at the hospital in Warm Springs, GA which had been set up by FDR for the treatment of polio. She remarkably had over 30 surgeries on her legs and knees before the age of 10, all while living apart from her parents who lived in Jackson, MS.
This did not stop her from becoming an “A” student. Thanks to her school teacher mother, she became one of the first children who benefitted from teachers coming to her home from school to continue her education during her rehabilitation. After graduating high school, she participated in the Vocational Rehabilitation program and finished her Bachelors degree at the Mississippi University for Women, in just three years instead of four. She did this because she was sensitive to the fact that she was there on a grant from the U.S. Government and did not want to be financially irresponsible. Natalie later graduated from the University of MS Medical Center in Jackson, MS, in 1969, with a M.S. In chemistry, then graduated from Tulane Medical School, in New Orleans, LA, with her PhD in biochemistry in 1972.
Natalie was known as a "can do" person. In her younger life, she could go faster on her two crutches than most people could run. She had a love of life and learning and was a brilliant and loving woman. She supported her husband of over 40 years, Dr. Caleb William Herndon, by becoming the owner of Brookhaven Optical and being the Co-Owner/Manager of the Herndon Eye Clinic. She was a dynamic business woman, and also owned/operated Herndon Quarter Horses, which she developed into a nationally respected quarter horse stable and breeding program, creating multiple World Championship level horses. She raised her children balancing love of learning and assisting them in teaching life lessons which resulted from years of hard work.
Natalie's personality and her smile were contagious. She never met a stranger. She had an innate ability to relate to people and express compassion and interest in them. She made you feel that you were liked, appreciated, and that you had just made a friend. She also absolutely loved her animals. She joked several times that she could keep a full time vet in business, with all of her dogs and beloved cats most of which were rescued animals. She further expressed her compassionate nature through her lifelong service in various volunteer and community organizations, and was recognized for her work as "Alumni of the Year" by the Mississippi University for Women, and “Lion of The Year” by the Brookhaven Evening Lions Club.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Caleb William Herndon, M.D., and her parents Mr. and Mrs. Mims Emerson and Natalie Briscoe Brown, of Jackson, MS.
May God richly bless the entire staff of the University of Mississippi Medical Center (Oncology, Floor staff and nurses, Dr. Harrison, MD, and Dr. Puneky, MD), Kings Daughter’s Medical Center, Dr. Moak, Monique at Sta-Home Health and Hospice, and her angelic caregivers Dana At, Renee, and Karlie.
Local visitation will be held at the Brookhaven Funeral Home, located on 894 Natchez Dr., Tuesday, April 21st, from 5:00-8:00 pm. Funeral services will be held at the Meadowbrook Church of Christ, in Jackson, MS, on Wednesday, April 22nd, with visitation at 5:00 pm and the funeral service to follow at 5:30 pm.
In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the following organizations: The March of Dimes, Sunnybrook Children's Home, or the Mississippi University for Women.
Brookhaven Funeral Home (Natchez Drive) is in charge of the arrangements. 4/19/2015
On April 30th, 1945, Natalie was born in Mobile, Alabama. She was a beautiful red haired girl who was adopted as an infant by her loving parents, Mims Emerson Brown (a cotton gin owner) and Natalie Barber Brown (a first grade school teacher).
Sadly, Natalie contracted polio at age 6, the year before the vaccine was available, and spent 3 years at the hospital in Warm Springs, GA which had been set up by FDR for the treatment of polio. She remarkably had over 30 surgeries on her legs and knees before the age of 10, all while living apart from her parents who lived in Jackson, MS.
This did not stop her from becoming an “A” student. Thanks to her school teacher mother, she became one of the first children who benefitted from teachers coming to her home from school to continue her education during her rehabilitation. After graduating high school, she participated in the Vocational Rehabilitation program and finished her Bachelors degree at the Mississippi University for Women, in just three years instead of four. She did this because she was sensitive to the fact that she was there on a grant from the U.S. Government and did not want to be financially irresponsible. Natalie later graduated from the University of MS Medical Center in Jackson, MS, in 1969, with a M.S. In chemistry, then graduated from Tulane Medical School, in New Orleans, LA, with her PhD in biochemistry in 1972.
Natalie was known as a "can do" person. In her younger life, she could go faster on her two crutches than most people could run. She had a love of life and learning and was a brilliant and loving woman. She supported her husband of over 40 years, Dr. Caleb William Herndon, by becoming the owner of Brookhaven Optical and being the Co-Owner/Manager of the Herndon Eye Clinic. She was a dynamic business woman, and also owned/operated Herndon Quarter Horses, which she developed into a nationally respected quarter horse stable and breeding program, creating multiple World Championship level horses. She raised her children balancing love of learning and assisting them in teaching life lessons which resulted from years of hard work.
Natalie's personality and her smile were contagious. She never met a stranger. She had an innate ability to relate to people and express compassion and interest in them. She made you feel that you were liked, appreciated, and that you had just made a friend. She also absolutely loved her animals. She joked several times that she could keep a full time vet in business, with all of her dogs and beloved cats most of which were rescued animals. She further expressed her compassionate nature through her lifelong service in various volunteer and community organizations, and was recognized for her work as "Alumni of the Year" by the Mississippi University for Women, and “Lion of The Year” by the Brookhaven Evening Lions Club.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Caleb William Herndon, M.D., and her parents Mr. and Mrs. Mims Emerson and Natalie Briscoe Brown, of Jackson, MS.
May God richly bless the entire staff of the University of Mississippi Medical Center (Oncology, Floor staff and nurses, Dr. Harrison, MD, and Dr. Puneky, MD), Kings Daughter’s Medical Center, Dr. Moak, Monique at Sta-Home Health and Hospice, and her angelic caregivers Dana At, Renee, and Karlie.
Local visitation will be held at the Brookhaven Funeral Home, located on 894 Natchez Dr., Tuesday, April 21st, from 5:00-8:00 pm. Funeral services will be held at the Meadowbrook Church of Christ, in Jackson, MS, on Wednesday, April 22nd, with visitation at 5:00 pm and the funeral service to follow at 5:30 pm.
In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the following organizations: The March of Dimes, Sunnybrook Children's Home, or the Mississippi University for Women.
Brookhaven Funeral Home (Natchez Drive) is in charge of the arrangements. 4/19/2015
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