Mae Rosa Baynard Kerbo Brown

Services for Mae Rosa Baynard Kerbo Brown, affectionately called "Sweetie," are 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Luke C.M.E. Church. Rev. Quinton Choice, pastor, will officiate and interment will follow at Peaceful Rest Cemetery. She was born Oct. 16, 1956, in Brooks County, to parents Annette Robinson Baynard and the late Charlie Wesley Baynard Sr. She was raised in Thomasville, where she graduated from Thomasville High School in 1976. Mae Rosa accepted Jesus as Lord and Savior at an early age and was baptized. She joined Mt. Pilgrim as a child and then moved to St. Luke C.M.E., where she was served as a member. She was joined in holy matrimony to Marvin Brown on July 19, 2008, and moved to Beachton. On Sept. 19, 2009, the Lord called her home for the sake of the kingdom. Survivors include her husband, Marvin Brown of Beachton; loving mother, Annette Robinson Baynard of Valdosta; sons, Harold (LaToya) Herbert, Zachary Kerbo and Lorento Kerbo of Thomasville; daughters, Ellen (Keronda Bell) Baynard, Lazanda K. (Richard) Bell and Ariel Kerbo of Thomasville; stepdaughters, Mavis and Ashley Brown of Tallahassee, Fla.; grandsons, Vick Williams Jr., Jhaamez Williams, Demetrius Lee Jr., Germain Baynard, Karey Lee, Jabais Kerbo, Javian Herbert and Da'Juan Bell of Thomasville; granddaughters, Chinosa Johnson and Shatorria Herbert of Thomasville; brothers, John Baynard, Bennie Baynard Sr., Charles Baynard of Valdosta, Robert Baynard of Alamo, and Charlie Baynard of Key West, Fla.; sisters, Janie Mae (Glen Knight) of Thomasville, Hattie May Baynard of Valdosta, Cynthia Baynard of Augusta and Yolanda Baynard of Albany; mothers-in-law, Pauline Kerbo and Lizzie Brown; father-in-law, Dellie Brown; best friend, Betsy Clark; and, a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her father, Charlie Baynard. Family and friends are asked to assemble at 502 Raleigh Ave. at 10 a.m. for the procession Saturday. — Hadley's Funeral Home