Mary "Pudgie" Brown - Class of 1980

[Bob]

Knoxville, TN

Mary M. "Pudgie" Brown, went home to be with the Lord, Sunday, August 6, 2017. She was a loving wife, devoted daughter, sister, aunt, and a member of New Friendship Missionary Baptist Church.

She was a graduate of Rule High School's class of 1980.

Mary had a flair for fashion. She was talented at Cosmetology and enjoyed decorating.

Preceded in death by her father, Wilton Mills, Sr.; brothers, Calvin and Oliver "OJ" Mills; sister-in-law, Doris Mills, and nephew, Oliver "Stuffy" Mills.

She leaves to mourn forevermore, devoted husband, James "Florida" Brown; mother, Lillie Mills; sisters, Alma J. Dozier and Sherry Smith; brothers, Wilton (Zandra) Mills Jr., Alvin Mills, Isaac Mills, and Jeremiah Mills; aunts, Janice Moore, Minnie Clemons, Helen Mills and Joyce (Robert) Martin; uncles, John (Glennie) Mills and Carl Mills Sr.; sisters-in-law, Deloris Cobb, Maxine Brown, and Louise Brown; brothers-in-law, Charles Jr., Lester, Freddie, Harold, Raymond, and Paul Brown; 15 nieces; 17 nephews, and a host of other relatives and friends.

Family will receive friends, 11:00-12:00 noon, Thursday at Jarnigan's Chapel; funeral service, 12:00 noon, Rev. Joseph B. Smith, Officiating.

Interment New Gray Cemetery.