Obituary - Mavis F (Gumm) Brown
Bristol Herald Courier
Friday, November 29, 2002
Mavis G. Brown
ABINGDON -- Mavis Gumm Brown, 83, a resident of the Green Spring Community near
Abingdon, died Thursday, Nov. 28, 2002, at her residence. She was a native of
Washington County, Va., who attended Virginia Intermont College and Emory &
Henry College. She was a graduate of George Peabody College of Vanderbilt
University with a bachelor of arts degree. She was a member of the Blacks Fort
Chapter of the DAR and the Washington County Historical Society. She was a
retired teacher with the Washington County Schools. She was a very active member
of the Green Spring Presbyterian Church.
She was a daughter of the late W.C. Gumm and the late Winifred Talbert Gumm Stickley. Survivors include: her husband, Aubrey E. Brown Sr. of Abingdon; two daughters, Dr. Mavis Hendricks Brown and Jennie Lou Brown, both of Richmond; a son, Aubrey E. Brown Jr. of Wilkesboro, N.C.; two half-brothers, Dr. George H. Gumm of Wise and James M. Gumm of Nashville; one grandson, Jackson Lee Brown of Wilkesboro; and several nieces and nephews.
Graveside services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in the Green Spring Presbyterian Church Cemetery with the Rev. Larry Chapin officiating. The family suggests that expressions of sympathy may be in the form of memorial contributions to the Green Spring Presbyterian Church Cemetery Fund, 22007 Green Spring Church Road, Abingdon, VA 24211. The family will receive friends at the Campbell Funeral Home from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday evening. Those wishing to express sympathy online may do so at www.campbell- funeralhome.com. Campbell Funeral Home of Abingdon is in charge of arrangements.
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Bristol Herald Courier
Saturday, November 30, 2002
Mavis G. Brown
ABINGDON -- Mavis Gumm Brown, 83, a resident of the Green Spring Community near Abingdon, died Thursday, Nov. 28, 2002, at her residence. She was a native of Washington County, Va., who attended Virginia Intermont College and Emory & Henry College. She was a graduate of George Peabody College of Vanderbilt University with a bachelor of arts degree. She was a member of the Blacks Fort Chapter of the DAR and the Washington County Historical Society. She was a retired teacher with the Washington County Schools. She was a very active member of the Green Spring Presbyterian Church.
She was a daughter of the late W.C. Gumm and the late Winifred Talbert Gumm
Stickley. Survivors include: her husband, Aubrey E. Brown Sr. of Abingdon; two
daughters, Dr. Mavis Hendricks Brown and Jennie Lou Brown, both of Richmond; a
son, Aubrey E. Brown Jr. and wife Rose Zena Brown of Wilkesboro, N.C.; two
half-brothers, Dr. George H. Gumm of Wise and James M. Gumm of Nashville; one
grandson, Jackson Lee Brown of Wilkesboro; and several nieces and nephews.
Graveside services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in the Green Spring Presbyterian Church Cemetery with the Rev. Larry Chapin officiating.
The family suggests that expressions of sympathy may be in the form of memorial contributions to the Green Spring Presbyterian Church Cemetery Fund, 22007 Green Spring Church Road, Abingdon, VA 24211.
Those wishing to express sympathy online may do so at www.campbellfuneralhome.com
Campbell Funeral Home of Abingdon is in charge of arrangements.