Gachet Brown

Gachet Brown Biography, Written by Barbara Berry (daughter) Muriel "Gachet" Brown was born in Cordele, Georgia on January 7, 1921 and spent most of her childhood in the small town of Cuthbert, Georgia. She was the fourth daughter born and a son a year or so later. One daughter died as an infant and her sister Elizabeth (Libba) died several years ago. Her oldest sister Louise (now 92) still lives in Cuthbert and her brother Bobby lives in Colorado. Her parents owned a store during the Depression and would often provide credit to those in need. One of her first jobs was working at a dime store for $1 per day. She married at the age of 19 or 20 and had two children, Robert Lynn born December 8, 1942 and Barbara Carol born December 1, 1956. She divorced in 1960. After the divorce, she pursued her goal of attending college and enrolled at Andrew Junior College in Cuthbert, supporting herself by baking and decorating cakes for everyone in town. One of my fondest memories is of the train cake she made for my fifth birthday with peppermint wheels! After graduating from Andrew she attended the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa where she earned a Master's Degree in education of the deaf. She did her first two years of teaching in the Panama Canal Zone after which we returned to the States where she taught mathematics at a middle school in Richland, Georgia, not far from Cuthbert, for one year. She earned her second Master's Degree in mathematics from Louisiana State University the following year. We moved to Rome, Georgia from Baton Rouge after her graduation, where I began high school and she began her mathematics teaching career, first at East Rome High School and later at Model High School, the school I attended. She made her home in Rome, paying cash for a house and five acres of land. She has always been a do-it-yourselfer and very frugal. She once fixed her washing machine with chicken wire and rebuilt her car's engine in the dead of winter in a mud puddle! She also loved working with wood and built some beautiful cabinets for people. She also built two storage buildings beside her home, one with ten windows! She prepared income tax returns from her home for a number of years. She always dreamed of becoming an opera singer and sang around the house constantly while I was growing up, thus inspiring my love of music and singing. She is a very religious person and attended West Rome Methodist Church in Rome where she sang in the choir. She believes in the power of logical thinking, absolute truth, principles, and, above all, God. She came to the Asheville area in May of 2006, and enjoyed playing Bingo and the other activities provided at the Flesher's of Fairview. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 28, 2013, at Green Hills Cemetery. Groce Funeral Home on Patton Ave. is assisting the family.