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Mary Frances <I>Matkins</I> Brown

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Mary Frances Matkins Brown

Birth
Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA
Death
7 Apr 2016 (aged 82)
Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Reidsville, Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
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Mary Frances Matkins Brown, 82 of Reidsville, NC went to be with the Lord Thursday April 7, 2016 at her home.
Funeral services will be conducted 2:00 P.M. Monday April 11, 2016 at Lowe’s United Methodist Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
A native of Rockingham County, she was the daughter of the late William Henry and Minnie Brooks Matkins and had lived in Rockingham County her entire life. She was a lifelong member of Lowe’s United Methodist Church and a member of the United Methodist Women. A former employee of Glen Raven Mills and Matkins Fabric, she also helped her husband Bill moving mobile homes across the United States. She was a member of the Horseless Carriage Club of America, the Tarheel T’s, and the E Z Street Cruisers. Frances was a charter member of the Ladies Auxiliary of Williamsburg Fire Dept. and was preceded in death by her husband: William H. “Bill” Brown and brothers: David Matkins, Harold Matkins, and William Elmore “Elmo” Matkins.
Survivors include: sons: Gene Brown and wife Pat of Reidsville, and Phillip Brown of Reidsville, six grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
Memorials may be sent to: Hospice of Rockingham County, P.O. Box 281 Wentworth, NC 27375.
The family will see friends 6:00 till 8:00 P.M. Sunday April 10, 2016 at Citty Funeral Home and at other times will be at the residence.
Mary Frances Matkins Brown, 82 of Reidsville, NC went to be with the Lord Thursday April 7, 2016 at her home.
Funeral services will be conducted 2:00 P.M. Monday April 11, 2016 at Lowe’s United Methodist Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
A native of Rockingham County, she was the daughter of the late William Henry and Minnie Brooks Matkins and had lived in Rockingham County her entire life. She was a lifelong member of Lowe’s United Methodist Church and a member of the United Methodist Women. A former employee of Glen Raven Mills and Matkins Fabric, she also helped her husband Bill moving mobile homes across the United States. She was a member of the Horseless Carriage Club of America, the Tarheel T’s, and the E Z Street Cruisers. Frances was a charter member of the Ladies Auxiliary of Williamsburg Fire Dept. and was preceded in death by her husband: William H. “Bill” Brown and brothers: David Matkins, Harold Matkins, and William Elmore “Elmo” Matkins.
Survivors include: sons: Gene Brown and wife Pat of Reidsville, and Phillip Brown of Reidsville, six grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
Memorials may be sent to: Hospice of Rockingham County, P.O. Box 281 Wentworth, NC 27375.
The family will see friends 6:00 till 8:00 P.M. Sunday April 10, 2016 at Citty Funeral Home and at other times will be at the residence.


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  • Created by: Linda Ellington
  • Added: Apr 8, 2016
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/160737396/mary_frances-brown: accessed ), memorial page for Mary Frances Matkins Brown (13 Oct 1933–7 Apr 2016), Find a Grave Memorial ID 160737396, citing Lowes United Methodist Church Cemetery, Reidsville, Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by Linda Ellington (contributor 47374845).