By John Dobberstein, Editor
Funeral services are set for Thursday for a Broken Arrow man who died during a police chase with Bixby police officers.
Maston Floyd Brown, 43, was killed last Friday while fleeing from Bixby into Broken Arrow. Bixby police said they attempted to stop Brown for a traffic violation near 111th Street and Memorial Drive but he fled from officers.
Brown’s vehicle was found overturned in a ravine near Florence Street and Lynn Lane Road. He was pronounced dead by the Tulsa County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Brown was best known as a local chef in the Tulsa area. Born to Dennis Brown and Sarita Lay Brown in 1982 in Ponca City, the family briefly moved to Lake Charles, La., where Maston tried spicy Cajun food and gator. They moved back to Oklahoma when he was 4 and he never lost his love of food.
“Maston never met a stranger. He was a tough guy with a big heart,” his family said in an obituary posted Tuesday, noting that he enjoyed time with friends and family — especially his grandparents in Hominy, Okla., and Adrian, Texas.
“There he learned to work cattle, ride horses, drive tractors, fish and shoot prairie dogs. He was an excellent shot.”
Maston played school sports, but his greatest talent was music, his family said, as he played the guitar, drums, piano and trombone. He Maston graduated from NSU-Broken Arrow with a bachelor’s degree in business management.
Maston married Erin Quinn in 2009, and they had daughters Lulu and Lena. Maston also changed careers and became a chef. Most recently he cooked for a company called Sodexo at the University of Tulsa.
But Maston also struggled with personal challenges. According to court records, he had been convicted twice for fleeing and eluding police, including an incident in 2016 in Broken Arrow.
He pleaded guilty to eluding police, third-offense DUI, carrying a firearm while intoxicated, leaving the scene of a collision, driving on a suspended license and failure to carry insurance. He was sentenced to 5 years with the DOC with credit for time served.
“Maston made the most important decision of his life as a teenager at FaithWeek (church camp) when he realized that, though baptized as a child, Maston had never given his heart to Jesus Christ,” his family wrote.
“While tumultuous at times, Maston’s family never questioned the redeeming work that God was doing in Maston’s life. God was the Perfector of Maston’s faith, and nothing can take him out of God’s hands.”
Maston had planned to take his girls to South Padre Island this summer for a family vacation. His family said he was starting a new ministry with friends that would combine his talents and life experience — training former inmates to cook and possibly leading them in worship at Bible studies.
Maston is survived by his two daughters, Lulu and Lena Brown, their mother Erin Quinn, his parents Dennis and Sarita Brown, his sisters Karen Brown and Katy Redeker, brother-in-law Kirk Redeker, nieces and nephew Kenna, Clayton, Ava, and Elle, grandparents Billy Don and Elizabeth Brown, aunts and uncles Kenna Lou and Scott Bergren, Amy and Scott Villwock, Gerry Lay, and many beloved cousins. A memorial service will be held at Life Church Broken Arrow on Thursday, April 23 at 10 a.m.
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