Wilda Brooks Brown

In Loving Memory of

Wilda Brooks Brown

WILDA ANN BROOKS BROWN, 91 of Pearisburg went to be with the Lord Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Brown was born on Feburary 24, 1920 in Petry, WV and was a daughter of the late Garland and Ethel Brooks. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 59 years, E. Ralph Brown, one son, Thomas Ralph Brown, one sister, Waveline Coburn, one brother, Norville Brooks, several sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law and two nieces. Mrs. Brown was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Pearisburg, she was well known for her fried apple pies and loved spending time with all of her family and friends. She is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Vonda B. and Bill Johnston of Hardy, VA, two granddaughters and their husbands, Chandra and David Bratton of The Woodlands, TX, Anissa and Paul Calhoun of Efland, NC, five great grandchildren, Randy, Emily and Julie Bratton, Tyler and Hannah Jarvis, one niece and her husband, Mildred and Dick Meador, two nephews and wives, Hale and Imogene Farley and Ben and Margie Farley and many special friends. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, October 14, 2011 at 11:00am at the Givens Funeral Chapel in Pearisburg with the Pastor Troy Keaton with burial following in the Athens Cemetery in Athens, WV. The family will receive friends at the Givens Funeral Home Thursday evening from 5 – 7 pm. Online condolences can be sent to the family at givensfuneralhome.com.