MRS. ANNIE RAY BROWN

OBITUARY 

AGNEW FUNERAL HOME ANNOUNCES THE PASSING OF MRS. ANNIE RAY BROWN ON APRIL 10, 2024, AT HALE COUNTY HOSPITAL,.

MRS. ANNIE BROWN WAS A SWEET, GENTLE, CARING SOUL BORN ON OCTOBER 14, 1952, TO MAGGIE BRAND AND HOMER HOPKINS IN MARION, AL., AS A TEENAGER, SHE MOVED TO GREENSBORO, AL., TO LIVE WITH HER AUNT AND COUSINS, RUBY AND CREACY. IT WAS ALSO IN GREENSBORO, WHERE SHE MET MR. HENRY BROWN. THEIR LOVE BLOSSOMED AND THEY WERE MARRIED ON FEBRUARY 7, 1971. TOGETHER, THEY BUILT A HOME WHERE THEIR EIGHT CHILDREN WERE RAISED WITH CARE AND LOVE. THEY REMAINED MARRIED FOR 53 YEARS UNTIL SISTER ANNIE'S DEATH.

SISTER ANNIE HEARD THE GLORIOUS GOSPEL AND WAS BAPTIZED IN JESUS NAME AND FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST AT CHRIST TEMPLE HOLINESS CHURCH  IN 1971 UNDER THE LEADER SHIP OF ELDER EUGENE FIELDS. SHE LATER JOINED THE BIBLE WAY TRUE HOLINESS CHURCH UNDER THE LEASDERSHIP OF PASTOR ANNIE B. LEE, WHERE SHE REMAINED A FAITHFUL MEMBER UNTIL HER DEATH. HER HUSBAND REMEMBERS HIS WIFE LOVING THE LORD MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE AND WANTING TO BE AT THE HOUSE OF THE LORD AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

SISTER ANNIE LOVED LIFE. BEFORE HER HEALTH BEGAN TO DECLINE, SHE LOVED TO COOK FOR HER FAMILY SHE ALSO LOVED SEWING AND TAKING LONG WALKS. SISTER ANNIE LOVED HER CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN AS WELL AS LOVED TALKING TO THEM ON THE PHONE.

SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, MAGGIE BRAND AND HOMER HOPKINS; THREE BROTHERS; JOHN HOPKINS, MARVIN BRAND, AND WILLIE BRAND.

SISTER ANNIE RAY BROWN A WOMAN OF GRACE, STRENGHT, AND UNWAVERING LOVE, DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON APRIL 10, 2024, LEAVING BEGIN A LEGACY THAT WILL FOREVER BE CHERISHED BY THOSE WHO WERE BLESSED TO KNOW HER.

ANNIE BROWN LEAVES TO CHERISH AND HONOR THER MEMORY HER HUSBAND OF 53 YEARS; HENRY BROWN SR., HER CHILDREN; BYRON (GERTA) BROWN OF ELLENWOOD, GA; DEONCIA CONSTANT OF TUSCALOOSA, AL; FABIAN BROWN OF MCCALLA, AL; YVETTE BROWN OF FORT WAYNE, TEXAS; HENRY (LASONYA) BROWN OF NORTHPORT, AL.;JOSEPHINE (ALDRIC) BENNETT OF HELENA, AL.; JOEL BROWN OF TUSCALOOSA, AL.; ZANDRA BROWN OF LAS VEGAS, NEVADA; A BONUS DAUGHTER; VERLANDER (WALTER) JONES OF GREENSBORO, AL,; A BONUS SON ROBERT BENISON OF LAS VEGAS, NEVADA; BROTHERS; RICHARD BRAND OF MARION, AL.; NORMAN BRAND OF BRONYX, NEW YORK; NATCHEZ BRAND OF HUNTSVILLE, AL.; PRICHARD BRAND OF MONTGOMERY, AL.; PATRICK BRAND OF SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA; A HOST OF GRANDCHILDREN, ONE GREAT-GRANDCHILD, NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS,  SAINTS, AND FRIENDS. THE LIFE OF ANNIE RAY BROWN DOES NOT END WITH HER DEATH. FOR WE KNOW, ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURE, THAT AS A BORN AGAIN BELIEVER, SHE WILL RISE AGAIN IN THE RESURRECTION OF THE CHURCH.

VIEWING WILL BE HELD ON FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2024, AT THE AGNEW FUNERAL HOME FROM 12:00 NOON UNTIL 4:00 PM. CELEBRATION OF LIFE WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2024, AT THE NEW PENTECOSTAL CHURCH GREENSBORO, AL. AT 1:30 PM AND INTERMENT WILL FOLLOW IN THE BROWN FAMILY CEMETERY.

ELDER ALDRIC BENNETT---OFFICIATING

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