GASTONIA - Mr. William Murdock Brown, devoted husband of the late Elizabeth Shaw Brown, died Sunday, Dec. 5, 2004, at Courtland Terrace in Gastonia. He recently moved to Gastonia after living 46 years in Winston-Salem. He will be remembered for his friendly smile and love for people. While delivering milk from home to home in Greensboro, he was known as "the whistling milkman." He was "Mr. Encouragement" because he was always acknowledging the good attributes in people with a smile and a pat on the back. His family and friends will miss him greatly. He leaves a legacy in his two daughters and sons-in-law, Conrad and Shirley Wilson of Welcome and Jerry and Peggy Webb of Gastonia. His adoring grandchildren are Jackie and Jimmy Draughn of Welcome, Mark and Amy Moore of Mars Hill and Emily Webb of Gastonia. His great-grandchildren looked to him as a role model. They are Jeremy and Candace Brown of Fairbanks, Alaska, Anthony and Brandon Draughn of Welcome, and Daniel Madison and Mackenzie and David Moore of Mars Hill. He was one of 12 children with only one remaining, his beloved "little sister," Mildred Bean of Fayetteville. Also remaining are his brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, "Smokey" and Laura Kate Garvin of Fayetteville, and Jimmy and Daphine Shaw of Rex. He was preceded in death by Esther Thompson, Lena Brown, Allen, Claude and Lois Brown, Lula Odom and Luther, Ted, Clarence and Margaret Mathews. His love for his Lord was very evident in his service at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Winston-Salem and his community. He was always giving of himself, whether through Meals on Wheels, the Konnoak Lions Club or the Gideons or by volunteering at the Forsyth Health Department. He had retired from Pet Milk Co. after serving them for several decades. After his retirement, he became an avid "mall walker." He called the mall walkers his "second family." He will be greatly missed by all who knew him and now he has been made complete in his heavenly home.