Eva Ann Brown Hudson

Funeral Services for Mrs. Eva Ann Brown Hudson, age 93 of Roanoke, will be held on Thursday, July 31, 2025 at Benefield Funeral Home in Ashland at 3:00 P.M. with Rev. Kenneth Fuller Officiating. Burial will follow at the Brown Family Cemetery.
Mrs. Hudson passed away on Saturday, July 26, 2025 at Traylor Nursing Home in Roanoke. She was born in Clay County, and went to school in a one room schoolhouse in Gibsonville. Once she married the father of her children, she was house wife and homemaker, or "Domestic Goddess", devoting her time to raising her three children, and later her grandchildren. Mrs. Hudson worked for Higgins Slacks as a seamstress for several years. Her family moved to moved often over the years, to Phenix City, Dothan, and Jonesboro, Georgia to name a few. She cleaned and did custodial work for Rock Creek Apartments in Dothan, and Autumn Hills Apartments in Jonesboro, Georgia. In her spare time, she loved spending time outside tending to her garden beds, feeding the birds, and fishing, who she gained the love of from her grandmother Brown. In her later years, she enjoyed going to the nursing homes to sit and sing with the elderly, and was involved with the many activities provided during her stay at Traylor's Nursing Home in Roanoke. Mrs. Hudson was described as independent, outgoing and pleasant to all. She never met a stranger, always had a smile on her face, and sought out to be helpful to anyone in need. As the middle child of 11 brothers and sisters, she was a little mischievous, but loved her family dearly. She was a member of Mt. Moriah Baptist church in Bluff Springs, and was a loving mother, grandmother, and sister.
Mrs. Hudson is survived by one daughter: Robin H Floyd of Roanoke, AL; two sons, Michael (Sherline) Hudson of Ariton, AL and Timothy (Cheryl) Hudson of Shorterville, AL; grandchildren: Whitney (David) Seawell, Bethany (Travis) Crowley, Christopher Hudson, Brandon Hudson, Travis (Haley) Hudson and Aaliyah Hudson. 15 great-grandchildren, one sister: Heidi Roland of Millerville, AL and many beloved nieces, nephews, extended family and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents: James Robert Brown and Mattie Lee Jones Brown, the father of her children: Cecil Hudson, her son-in-law: Rickey B Floyd, four sisters: Elizabeth Burrell, Katie McQueen, Callie Maddox, Margaret Roland and five brothers: Samuel Brown, Karmit Brown, Bill Brown, Bobby Joe Brown and Robert Junior Brown.
Pallbearers will be her grandsons and nephews.
Her visitation will take place on Thursday, July 31, 2025 at Benefield Funeral Home in Ashland beginning at 1:30 P.M. until service time at 3:00 P.M.
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Benefield Funeral Home in Ashland is in charge of arrangements.