1935
Donald
2010
Donald Ray Brown
August 31, 1935 — July 15, 2010
Donald Ray Brown, Sr., 74, passed away Thursday, July 15, 2010 at his home.
He was born August 31, 1935 in Abingdon and was a son of the late Charlie Ray and Martha Ethelene Carswell Brown. He was a lifelong resident of the Green Springs Community and had made his living farming. He was a member of Holston Valley Baptist Church.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Madeline Leonard and a granddaughter, Ashley Lane White.
Survivors are his wife of 44 years, Joyce Moore Brown, his son, Donald Ray Brown, Jr. and wife, Suzanne Grace of Fredericksburg, VA; three daughters, Reba Elizabeth Profitt and husband, Stephen , Donna Faye Groseclose and husband, Timothy and Mary Ellen Roark and husband, Michael all of Abingdon; brother, Charles Hunter Brown and wife, Lois of Abingdon; sister, Linda K. Counts and husband, Roger of Salem, VA; and seven grandchildren, Steven White, Mary Elizabeth Profitt, Mark Groseclose, Kristen Groseclose, Julianna Rose Brown, Sara Marie Roark and Meghan Roark.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 A.M. Monday, July 19, 2010 at Holston Valley Baptist Church, 18396 Cleveland Rd. Abingdon, VA with Pastor Paul Ketron officiating. Interment will follow at Forest Hills Memory Gardens. Pallbearers will be Preston Brown, Dale Smeltzer, Buddy Harless, Tom Fizer, David Tignor and Kelly Groseclose. Honorary pallbearers will be Daniel Brown, Jeff Brown, David Counts and Renick Tuell.
The family will receive friends at Farris Funeral Service, 427 E. Main St. Abingdon, VA from 6:00 until 8:00 P.M. Sunday.
He was born August 31, 1935 in Abingdon and was a son of the late Charlie Ray and Martha Ethelene Carswell Brown. He was a lifelong resident of the Green Springs Community and had made his living farming. He was a member of Holston Valley Baptist Church.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Madeline Leonard and a granddaughter, Ashley Lane White.
Survivors are his wife of 44 years, Joyce Moore Brown, his son, Donald Ray Brown, Jr. and wife, Suzanne Grace of Fredericksburg, VA; three daughters, Reba Elizabeth Profitt and husband, Stephen , Donna Faye Groseclose and husband, Timothy and Mary Ellen Roark and husband, Michael all of Abingdon; brother, Charles Hunter Brown and wife, Lois of Abingdon; sister, Linda K. Counts and husband, Roger of Salem, VA; and seven grandchildren, Steven White, Mary Elizabeth Profitt, Mark Groseclose, Kristen Groseclose, Julianna Rose Brown, Sara Marie Roark and Meghan Roark.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 A.M. Monday, July 19, 2010 at Holston Valley Baptist Church, 18396 Cleveland Rd. Abingdon, VA with Pastor Paul Ketron officiating. Interment will follow at Forest Hills Memory Gardens. Pallbearers will be Preston Brown, Dale Smeltzer, Buddy Harless, Tom Fizer, David Tignor and Kelly Groseclose. Honorary pallbearers will be Daniel Brown, Jeff Brown, David Counts and Renick Tuell.
The family will receive friends at Farris Funeral Service, 427 E. Main St. Abingdon, VA from 6:00 until 8:00 P.M. Sunday.
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