Mrs. Hazel Odom Sloan Brown

Mrs. Hazel Odom Sloan Brown, resident of Mount Olive, went to be with the Lord early Sunday morning, October 12, 2014, while at Kitty Askins Hospice Center. She had just celebrated her 100th birthday twenty days ago. A life long resident of Wayne County and a long time resident of the Grantham community where she was a member of Falling Creek United Methodist Church, she was a retired homemaker and had been a sales clerk at the former White's Department Store in Mount Olive. Mrs. Brown is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Annie Frances and Bobby Ray Kornegay of Mount Olive; three grandchildren, Pam K. Best and husband, John, of Mount Olive, Pat K. St. Cyre and husband, Buz, of Mar-Mac, and Danny Kornegay and wife, Jo, of Princeton; four great-grandchildren, Michael Best and wife, Jenna, Kelly Minnich and husband, Brian, Blake Kornegay, and Jessica Willoughby; five great-grandchildren, Chesney Best, Tyler Best, Elijah Sittig, Sean Sasser, and Bryson Minnich; a brother, James W. Odom of Fuquay-Varina; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husbands, John Sloan and John Brown; a great-great-grandson, John Patrick Best; her parents, Walter R. and Fannie Huffman Odom; a sister, Tempie Odom; and two brothers, Norwood C. Odom, and Ray Odom. The family will receive friends at Tyndall Funeral Home from 1:30 p.m. until 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 14, with a graveside service to follow at 3:00 p.m. at Wayne Memorial Park with the Rev. Jimmy Earp officiating. Friends and family are also welcome to call at the home of Bobby Ray and Annie Frances Kornegay, 408 N. Breazeale Ave., Mount Olive, NC. A Tyndall Service.