Jane White Brown

Jane Ellen White Brown, 94, a newspaper columnist, reporter and ad salesperson, died March 13, 2025.

Brown’s great-grandfather was the founding publisher of the Benton County Enterprise in Warsaw, where she grew up. Later, drawing on her childhood experiences and lessons learned from her family, she wrote a newspaper column, titled “Pardon Me, If My Slip Is Showing,” interviewing everyday people in Clinton.

A Missouri School of Journalism graduate, she later worked as a reporter and sold advertising for the Clinton Daily Democrat before moving to Kansas City. There she had an extensive career in communications as a reporter, editor and fundraiser for various not-for-profit agencies.

Survivors include several nieces and nephews, including John Kelly White, James Mahlon White, Ellen Miles Cullings, Julie White Lorenz and Amy White Jeffries; and many more family and friends.