Published: September 22, 2008 10:46 am         

Wayne J. Brown

Wayne J. Brown, 85, of West, a millwright, died Sept. 17, 2008 at his residence. Funeral services were held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Bethsaida Baptist Church near Poplar Creek with burial in the Bethsaida Baptist Church Cemetery directed by Jordan Funeral Home.

Rev. Dewitt Cutts officiated.

Mr. Brown was of the Baptist faith. He served in the United States Army and was a veteran of World War II. He was also a former Mason and member of the Eastern Star.

He was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Judith Ann Brown; parents, Joe E. and Bertha Mae Hellum Brown; brother, Willard David Brown.

He is survived by his wife, Patricia Brown; sons, Wayne L. Brown and wife, Kathy, of Marietta, Ga., Jimmie E. Brown and wife, Dale, of Crescent City, Fla., and Shawn M. Brown of West; daughters, Patricia B. Sullivan of Kennesaw, Ga., Mary Jean Willis and husband, Ted, of Buford, Ga., Shirley Goss and husband, Ken, of Duluth, Ga., Kathy Widner and husband, Glen, of Waynesboro, Ga., and Joy Cutts and husband, Jackie, of West; 21 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Mike Thomas, John Tennet, Scott Creswell, Johnny Holton, Wesley Widner and Keith Willis.

Honorary pallbearers were Jerry Chunn, Weiss Rosamond, and Brian Norwood.