This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: RonCollins10 Surnames: Hobson, Brown, Mickles, Willard, Trivette, Groce, Smitherman, Atkinson, Powell Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.yadkin/3673/mb.ashx Message Board Post: YADKINVILLE - Annie Pearl Hobson Brown, 83, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008, at her residence. Mrs. Brown was born April 5, 1924, to the late Harvey and Hester Mickles Hobson. She was a member of Solid Rock Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Jesse Wade Brown; two sisters; and three brothers. Surviving are her children, Herman Wade (Janice) Brown and Barbra Jean (George) Willard, both of Yadkinville; four grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; two special great-great-grandchildren, Benjamin Trivette and Brady Trivette; five sisters, Imogene Groce of Yadkinville; Stacy Smitherman of East Bend; Ruby Atkinson of Winston-Salem; Helen (Ralph) Atkinson of Winston-Salem; and Carol Powell of East Bend; a brother, Archie (Abby) Hobson of Boonville; and two special friends, Zetta Gray Steelman and Sue Casstevens. Her funeral will be conducted at 3 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1, at Gentry Family Chapel, with the Rev. Jim Jarvis and the Rev. Archie Creed offici! ating. Burial will follow at Solid Rock Baptist Church. The family will receive friends from 2 to 3 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1, at the funeral home in Yadkinville. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Mountain Valley Hospice, P.O. Box 1267 Yadkinville, NC 27055. The family would like to give a very special thanks to her caregivers at New Horizon, Care South, Yadkin Valley Home Health, doctors and staff of Blue Ridge Cardiology and especially Mountain Valley Hospice. Gentry Family Funeral Service in Yadkinville is serving the Brown family. Published in the Winston-Salem Journal on 1/31/2008. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.