Mrs. Beatrice Eurma Howell Brown, age 88, of 474 Old Highway 41, Adairsville, went Home to be with her Lord and Savior Friday, August 10, 2012, at Cartersville Medical Center.
Mrs. Brown was born in Cherokee County, Georgia, August 5, 1924, daughter of the late William Oscar and Beulah Vandora Fowler Clayton. She was a member of Stoner Chapel Baptist Church where she was a member of the Adult Sunday School Class and the Ladies' Circle. Mrs. Brown was retired with over forty years of service, from Kuhlman Chenille, where she was a seamstress. A loving wife, mother and grandmother, she enjoyed family get-togethers, spending time with and caring for her loved ones. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Emmett Howell, a son, Roger Howell, five brothers, Dennis, Lawrence, Paul, Judd, and J. C. Clayton, and two sisters, Lois Pratt and Robbie House McStotts.
Survivors include her husband, Weaver Brown of Adairsville; 2 sons and daughters-in-law, David Lewis and Vickie Howell of Blairsville, and Calvin and Nancy Howell of Adairsville; a daughter, Dianne and Donald Collum of Adairsville; a daughter-in-law, Jan Howell of Adairsville; a sister, Doris Parker of Adairsville; 11 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; 5 great-great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews, including a special niece, Janice Ray, and nephews, Danny House and Jerral Clayton
Funeral services will be held Monday, August 13, 2012 at 2:00 PM from Stoner Chapel Baptist Church, Adairsville, with Rev. David Baker and Rev. Tracy Collum officiating. Interment will follow in the Church Cemetery. The body will lie in state at the church from 1:00 PM until the funeral hour on Monday.
Grandsons will serve as pallbearers.
The family will receive friends Sunday evening from 5:00 PM until 9:00 PM at Barton Funeral Home, Adairsville.
R. Dudley Barton & Son Funeral Home, Adairsville, will be in charge of funeral arrangements for Mrs. Beatrice Howell Brown.