Sister Wives’ Janelle and Maddie Reflect on Hopes to Relocate Garrison, Preparing His Home After Death

Maddie Brush (née Brown) said she was “trying” to get late brother Garrison to move to North Carolina during a Sister Wives episode in which their mom, Janelle Brown, shared how they prepared his home to be packed up in the wake of his tragic death.

Garrison’s older sister, 29, and her husband, Caleb Brush, revealed they were trying to persuade Garrison to relocate from Flagstaff, Arizona, to be closer to them in North Carolina leading up to his passing.

“I was trying to get him to move out here,” Maddie shared during her confessional interview on the Sunday, May 4, episode. “And so every step that we get closer to it, we talked a lot about that.”

“We almost had him here too,” Caleb, 38, added. “He was almost coming.”

Maddie replied, “I think he was just so deep in.”

Garrison was tragically found dead in his Flagstaff apartment as a result of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound on March 5, 2024. Janelle, 56, called Maddie to tell her the devastating news.

“There’s a few moments in your life that I feel like alter your brain chemistry, and I definitely feel like calling siblings that a sibling had died definitely alters your brain chemistry,” Maddie said in hindsight.

Janelle now resides in North Carolina not too far from Maddie and her brood as they work on building Taeda Farms, “a sanctuary where people can gather, connect, and find solace in the beauty of nature,” per their website.

In another heartbreaking scene with her sister Carrie, Janelle said she was preparing his home to be sorted through following Garrison’s passing.

“Now I have the big job of getting his house ready and all that stuff,” she said, referring to the property where Garrison lived.

Carrie replied, “Well, with closing the house and the kids moving out and selling everything, that kind of closes that chapter.”

Janelle spoke further about her grief journey while explaining how the pain comes in waves. “Sometimes it catches you at a more raw moment for sure,” she said. “I’m glad that I’m here now vs. still in Flagstaff.”

Garrison was one of Kody Brown and second wife Janelle’s six children. Janelle and Kody, 56, separated in December 2022.

During the emotional episode, Janelle recalled losing her beloved son so suddenly, revealing it was an extremely distressing time for the family.

“I don’t know what happened,” Janelle shared. “He was never a drinking kid. He didn’t like the taste of it. And he started to drink during COVID and something happened in this last year and it really just got him.”

“We had offered him all the love, all the support, all the help, all the resources,” she continued. “I don’t know what happened that night he did that because he’s had other nights like this where he would drink and then pass out and he would go kind of radio silent, but he’d be back in the morning.”

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