Flora Geraldine Hoffmeyer "Gerry" Brown

NORWAY - Flora Geraldine “Gerry” Hoffmeyer Brown, age 72, of Norway, died Monday morning, March 24, ,2008, at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 26 at Willow Swamp Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Rev. Bill Courtney is officiating. Pallbearers are Glenn Barr, Clarence Fort, Victor Garrick, David Pregnall, George Smith, Freddie Whetstone, Jimmy Williams and Ray Williams. Honorary pallbearers are Kenny Bates, Doug Busbee, Mark Davis, Harold Gibson, Larry Gue, B.M. “Butch” Spell, Dr. Braxton Wannamaker, Randy Williams, Bobby Yongue and David Fort.

Mrs. Brown was born in North, a daughter of the late Rev. Dr. James F.M. Hoffmeyer and Lois Folk Hoffmeyer. She was a 1958 graduate of Lander College with a Bachelors degree in Home Economics. Mrs. Brown was a member of Willow Swamp Baptist Church, former member of the church choir, former Director of Bible school and a director of the WMU for many years.

Survivors are her husband, John Edward Brown of the home; daughter, Lois Ann Porter and husband James, Norway; sons, James Norris Brown and wife Patricia, Norway, John Henry Brown and wife Sheryl, Orangeburg, Gerald Edward Brown and wife Nancy, Norway; thirteen grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

The family will receive friends Tuesday evening from 6-8 p.m. at Dukes-Harley Funeral Home. At other times, friends may call at the residence and Dukes-Harley Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to Willow Swamp Baptist Church, P.O. Box 444, Norway, SC 29112, or to Palmetto Health Hospice, P.O. Box 1123, Bamberg, SC 29003.

Dukes-Harley Funeral Home