Jana Lynn Britton's Obituary
Jana Lynn (Moore) Britton, of Fayetteville, passed away Thursday, July 11, 2013,
from Primary Amyloidosis, a rare blood disease. Jana was born in Barnes
Hospital in St. Louis, MO, July 17, 1942 to parents James A. Moore and Dorothy
(Graf) Moore. She attended Horace Mann Elementary School and graduated from
Southwest High School in 1960. She was raised one block off Tower Grove Park
and within walking distance of the Missouri Botanical Gardens, where her love
of trees and gardens began. In 1960, she attended the University of Missouri,
Columbia, where in her first college class she met her soul mate and
husband-to-be, Charles Robert Britton. They married December 1, 1962. She then decided to
drop out of school to support his continued education. Little did she know
this would be seven more years of support while he went on to earn his Ph.D.
She returned to college at the University of Arkansas and earned a Bachelor’s
Degree in Landscape Architecture in 1988. Jana worked summers for the National
Park System: the Buffalo National River, Isle Royal National Park, and Rocky Mountain National Park. In
Fayetteville, she served on the Planning Commission, was awarded five grants to plant trees, and was a member of the Fayetteville Garden Club (she served as an officer for many years.) Jana was also active in the League of Women Voters and University Women. She was both a Cub Scout leader and Girl Scout leader for her childrens’ troops. Her greatest loves were her three children and her husband with whom she recently celebrated her golden anniversary.
Jana is survived by her husband, Charles Robert Britton, of Fayetteville, son
James Robert Britton & wife Kelly, of Gravette, AR; daughter, Tory Britton Sims
& husband Eric, of Deer Park, CA; daughter Stacy Lynn Higgins & husband
Matthew, of Prairie Village, KS; a sister, Maureen (Moore) Trimble & husband
Wesley, of Westerville, OH; six grandchildren; grandson Kyle Britton & wife
Kathryn, of Centerton, AR; granddaughters, Kayla Britton and Kaitlynn Britton,
of Gravette, AR; grandsons, Finnian Higgins and Quinn Higgins and granddaughter
Gabrielle Higgins, of Prairie Village, KS; and two great-grandchildren, Luke
and Paisley Britton, of Centerton, AR.
A memorial service is scheduled for 10:00 a.m., Thursday, July 18, 2013, at
Moore’s Chapel, Fayetteville, AR.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to The Botanical Garden of The Ozarks,
P.O. Box 10407, Fayetteville, AR 72703 for a tree memorial.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Moore’s Chapel, Fayetteville,
Arkansas.
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