WILMA J. BROWN
Friday, April 16, 2010 at 10:44PM April 16, 1925 – April 15, 2010
ANDERSON, SC - Wilma Jeanette Yon Erwin Brown, age 85, of Anderson, died Thursday, April 15, 2010, at Willow Creek Living Center in Iva.
Born in Anderson County, SC on April 16, 1925, she was a daughter of the late George Ben Yon and Mattie Sue Campbell Yon. Mrs. Brown was a 1943 graduate of Starr High School and had retired from Wellington Mill with thirty-eight years of service. She was a member of the Asbury Baptist Church, the Senior Sunday School class and the Senior Citizens Group of the church. She was a former member of Starr Baptist Church.
Survivors include sisters: Betty Sanders of Anderson, Mae Wilson of Iva, and Helen Branyon Spradlin of York, SC; stepson: Harold Brown and his wife, Arleen Brown of Anderson; and a grand-stepson, Johnny Brown.
In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her first husband, Lester C. Erwin and her second husband, Tommy Brown; a sister: Faye Smith; and two brothers: Jimmy Ray Yon, and George “Bob” Yon.
The Funeral Service will be held at 3:30 pm on Saturday, April 17, 2010 in the Chapel of The McDougald Funeral Home officiated by Reverend Scotty Hendricks. Interment will follow in Starr Baptist Church Cemetery.
The family will be at the home of her sister, Mae Wilson, 206 Hampton Street, Iva, and will receive friends at The McDougald Funeral Home from 2 pm until 3 pm on Saturday April 17, 2010.
Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to the Activities Department of Willow Creek Living Center, P.O. Box 1119, Iva, SC.
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