| Birth: | Sep. 4, 1928
Mitchell County
North Carolina, USA | | Death: | Sep. 7, 2011
Mitchell County
North Carolina, USA | 
Dateline: Bakersville, NC
Brownlow Luther Moffitt
Brownlow Luther Moffitt, age 83 of Hughes Gap Rd, Bakersville, NC went to be with the Lord September 7, 2011 at his home. A native of Mitchell County, NC born September 4, 1928. He was the son of the late Isaac and Sylvia Moffitt.
Brownlow was a member of Bakersville Masonic Lodge # 357 AF&AM and OdomsChapelFreewillBaptistChurch. He was loved and well known as elected Sheriff of Mitchell County for twelve years. He also was known as dealing with many people as Lumberman and Sawmill Operator for many years. He also worked with Ford Motor Company for some time, owned and operated a Motel in Woodlawn, NC and dealt with many people there. In his younger years he served in the United States Army and was employed by the city of Elizabethton, TN as a Bus Driver. Brownlow loved and enjoyed life to the fullest, never a stranger to meet, all to become his friends. He had a very special love for politics and the county he served.
Isaiah 40:3131But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
He was preceded in death by sister, Etta Hughes, brothers, Vester, Fred, and Jess Moffitt, wife Lennis H. Moffitt, gone to be with the Lord in June 1997.
Survivors include his wife Georgia G. Moffitt, two daughters, Janice McKinney, and husband Gary, and Jeannene Garland, and husband Floyd, all of Bakersville, NC, one grandson Ryan B. McCann and fiance Tracie Miller of Bakersville, NC, one granddaughter, Jessica Williams and husband Darren of Montross, Virginia, one stepson Randy Boone, of the home, two stepgrandchildren Tracy and Cynthia McKinney, of Erwin and Unicoi, TN, one surviving brother, Toye Moffitt and wife Georgia, of Unicoi, TN, one sister Faye Matheney, of Concord, NC, and many nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held Friday, September 9, 2011 at 8:00PM in the chapel of Henline – Hughes Funeral Home with William Ellis, Darren Williams, and Jessica Williams officiating. The family will receive friends two hours prior to the service. Interment will be Saturday, September 10, 2011 at 11:00AM at MiddleDistrictCemetery.
Active Pallbearers will be his Masonic Brothers of Bakersville Lodge #357 AF&AM.
Honorary Pallbearers will be Past Members of Mitchell County Sheriffs Department who served under Brownlow. Larry Cox, J D Street, Weldon Greene, Jimmy Burleson, Ed Wilson III, Tate Whittington, Stokes Bailey, Jack Young, John Ray Sparks, and Roy Stevens.
The family would like to express special, warm thank you to current caregivers, Karen Watts, Deborah Hicks, Lula Belle Slagle, Tina Hughes, and to all other caregivers during his illness.
Dear daddy, we're so thankful daddy for our beautiful years.
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Middle District Church Cemetery
Mitchell County
North Carolina, USA |
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Record added: Sep 08, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 76203711 |
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