AVERY COUNTY, NC - OBITUARIES - Rexie V. Brown, 15 Oct 2003
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Rexie V. Brown

Mrs. Rexie V. Brown, age 91, 784 Dry Creek Rd., Jonesborough, 
died Wednesday, October 15, 2003, in the Johnson City Medical 
Center, following a brief illness. 
Mrs. Brown was a native of Cranberry, N.C. and had been a 
resident of Elk Park, N.C. until moving to Johnson City in 
1948. 
She was a daughter of the late Walter and Mollie Pritchard 
Hughes. 
Mrs. Brown retired from Artcraft Glove Company where she was 
a seamstress. 
She attended Grace Freewill Baptist Church. 
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her 
husband, Ralph R. Brown, Sr., in 1970; infant twin children; 
four brothers, Emmett Hughes, Charles Hughes, Gurney Hughes 
and Earl Hughes; and one sister, Elsie Henson. 
Survivors include three sons, Ralph R. Brown, Jr., and Glenn 
M. Brown, both of Johnson City, and Earl R. Brown, Jonesborough; 
three daughters, Louise B. Giles, Jonesborough; Eula M. Hurt, 
Piney Flats; Mary F. Poarch, Johnson City; one sister, Roberta 
Hodges, Johnson City; 18 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; 
several great-great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. 
Funeral services for Mrs. Brown will be conducted Friday, October 
17, 2003, at 8 p.m. in the Appalachian Funeral Home with Rev. 
Curtis L. Hurt and Rev. Terry Jones officiating. Graveside 
committal services will be held Saturday, October 18, 2003 at 
11 a.m. in Monte Vista Memorial Park. Pallbearers will be selected 
from grandsons. Those planning to attend graveside services are 
asked to meet at the cemetery by 10:50 a.m. Saturday. The family 
will receive friends Friday from 6 until 8 p.m. in the East 
Parlor of the funeral home. For those who prefer, the family 
has requested that memorial contributions be made to the charity 
of your choice. Condolences may be made online at www.
appalachianfuneralhome.com. Appalachian Funeral Home and Cremation 
Service, 800 E. Watauga Ave., Johnson City, is serving the Brown 
family. 


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