Where Was Late ‘Sister Wives' Star Garrison Laid to Rest? Why the Family Chose Wyoming

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19-05-2025

Sister Wives stars Kody Brown and Janelle Brown's late son, Garrison, is brought to his final resting place on the May 18, 2025, episode. In Touch breaks down why the family chose Wyoming for their beloved child in the wake of his tragic death at 25 years old.
'Kody actually grew up in Wyoming. My mother was married to Kody's father. The Browns have deep roots in Wyoming,' Janelle said while discussing why they decided on a quiet spot in the state, which holds a special place in their hearts. 'Both Kody's dad and my mom are buried there and I want to bury Garrison next to my mom.'
'He was very much shaped by his experiences, you know, going for the summer, working there on the ranch,' Janelle further explained.
Garrison's sister Madison Brush (née Brown) also shared her thoughts on the location and noted, 'Wyoming is probably the closest place we have to roots. It's home. We used to go every summer and it was just like, you went to the ranch to learn how to work.'
Janelle added, 'You know, Kody would say, 'I just want to take him home. And I'm like 'OK, I get that. Like, I get that.'' ' "You can look out and you see the mountains surround this big basin," she shared of the cemetery. "The wind is usually blowing. It's just a beautiful view. It's a Wyoming view."
The episode 25 breakdown reveals that Janelle and her loved ones gathered in Wyoming to honor Garrison and lay him to rest in the family plot next to his grandparents. 'Kody digs a grave for his son's ashes and the family says their goodbyes,' per the description.
Janelle reflected on what felt like another regular day after moving from Flagstaff, Arizona, to North Carolina to be closer to Maddie, son-in-law Caleb Brush and their kids.
'I was traveling back to Flagstaff,' she said on the May 4 episode, noting she and Garrison had been 'texting all day long.' Janelle explained, 'And this was not unusual because he and I talked probably three times a day.'
'I knew he was struggling,' she said in hindsight. 'I always just picked up the phone and I always make it a point to just talk to him.'
After going to sleep thinking everything was fine, she was awakened with a devastating call.
'Gabriel had found him,' Janelle said of Garrison, who died by suicide on March 5, 2024.
'He's like, 'Mom, he's gone.' I mean, 'What do you mean?' He said, 'He's dead. He killed himself.''
Janelle revealed that it was a shocking and unimaginable out of body experience. 'I don't remember the next few minutes,' the mom of six continued, 'but I got in the car and drove.'
Garrison's official cause of death was determined as a suicide after an autopsy.
'It is with great sadness I confirm Mr. Robert Garrison Brown was located in his residence deceased, as a result of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound,' a spokesperson for the Flagstaff Police Department told In Touch in a statement.
The Coconino County, Arizona's coroner's office released the report, which was obtained by In Touch in May 2024, showing that a contributing factor to his death was ethanol intoxication, more commonly known as alcohol poisoning.
Garrison's blood alcohol level was .370 percent at the time of his death.
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