Marjorie Sprinkle Brown

Marjorie Sprinkle Brown, 83, of 139 Browntown Road, Leicester, died Friday, November 24, 2006, at her home. Mrs. Brown grew up in the West Buncombe area and had lived in Buncombe County all her life. She was a daughter of the late Auburn and Cora Runion Sprinkle and was also preceded in death by her husband, Ray L. Brown, who died in 1990; a son, Larry Brown, who died in 1960; three brothers, Robert Sprinkle, Richard Sprinkle and Auburn Sprinkle, Jr. She worked at American Enka for a short period of time but otherwise she was a housewife most of her life to her husband, a dairy farmer. A wonderful cook, gardener, seamstress and she was an avid reader. She was a member of Grace United Methodist Church in Leicester. Survivors include a daughter, Lynn Brown of Leicester; three grandchildren, Kimberly Hundertmark and husband Tres, Matthew Self, Jeffrey Self and wife Hilary; one great-grandson, Kat Hundertmark. Funeral services will be at 2:00 pm Sunday at Groce Funeral Home on Patton Avenue with the Reverend C. Dennis Brown officiating. Private burial will be at Grace UMC Cemetery. Her family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home and request that, in lieu of flowers, memorials be made to Grace UMC, Newfound Road, Leicester, NC 28748. Special thanks to the following persons precious to Mrs. Brown in her final years: Vergia Wright Brown (sister-in-law, they were married to twin brothers) and caregivers Pauline Malone, Marian Heatherly, Connie Bishop and Bonnie Black.