Christine Brown shares fond memory of Garrison Brown after 25-year-old's accident death at the start of the week.
The 'Sister Wives' star posted a video of Garrison building a flower bed for his daughter Truely on Instagram and added a sweet message.
“Garrison was a wonderful, caring brother who understood Truely's need for a hobby and built him a flower bed. He will be missed forever,” she wrote, adding the hashtags “#loveyou ” and “#tellthoseyoulovethatyoulovethem”.
Two of Christine's daughters, Ysabel Brown and Mykelti Padron, shared the video of their mother on their Instagram Stories and her daughter Gwendlyn commented on the post, writing: “(My dog) Noël made a sandbox with this bed of flowers.”
Garrison was one of six children that Janelle and Kody Brown shared. The former couple maintained a plural marriage with three other women, including Christinaand Kody has a total of 18 children from the plural union.
Kody and Janelle announcement the death of their son, whose full name was Robert Garrison, on March 5.
“Kody and I are deeply saddened to announce the loss of our beautiful boy Robert Garrison Brown,” Janelle's message read. “He was a bright spot in the lives of all who knew him. His loss will leave such a big void in our lives that it will take our breath away. We ask that you respect our privacy and join us in honoring his memory.
On Garrison's Instagram pagethe family posted an additional message acknowledging his passing.
“Our beloved brother/son Robert (aka Garrison) passed away late last night. We appreciate the love and support of everyone who has given him to us,” the message read. “We ask everyone to respect our privacy and space during this difficult time.”
Although she was not Garrison's biological mother, Christine had a close relationship with him and his siblings, especially when their mother separated from Kody.
During Season 18 of “Sister Wives,” Kody lamented his former wives' close relationship with their children as they celebrated Easter without him.
“This is exactly Christine and Janelle’s plan. To separate me from my children so they can have them all to themselves,” he said. said in one episode.
Kody's estrangement from Garrison and his brother Gabriel has been chronicled on the reality show for the past two seasons. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the Brown patriarch implemented strict protocols to protect his family.
When he felt that Gabriel and Garrison were not taking his protocols seriously, Kody stopped staying at Janelle's house and suggested that his sons should no longer live there.
In response, Janelle noted that Garrison was living at home to save for a down payment on a house.
“I’m not going to evict him this close to that goal,” she said.
Additionally, Janelle noted that Garrison was “not really social anyway,” since his friends had moved away.
“I'm starting to worry about him because he's alone,” she told Kody.
The mother of six also made it clear that Gabe would not be willing to stop seeing his girlfriend. In a confessional interview after the conversation, Kody expressed his frustration with the situation.
“I'm about to wash my hands of it.” I’m going to ask Gabriel and Garrison to vacate the house,” he said, adding that he couldn’t technically “evict” them because Janelle’s name was on the lease.
Kody, Garrison and Gabriel's estrangement endured and was a focal point of seasons 17 and 18 of “Sister Wives.”