Brown, Mary Lynita Parrish

  • Saturday, November 11, 2017

Mary Lynita Parrish Brown, 72, of Rossville, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017, while surrounded by her family. She was a lifelong resident of the Rossville area, a 1963 graduate of Lakeview High School and was a member of Cloud Springs Baptist Church. She was an employee of W.L. Wilson & Sons Funeral Home for 19 years, was previously employed with Lake Winnepesaukah for several years, and the Catoosa County School System, where she drove a bus for 12 years.

She is preceded in death by her mother, Velma Lola Matthews Parrish Davenport; father, George Earl Parrish; sister, Judy Miller; brother, Randy Parrish; step-brother, Royce Davenport; and niece, Wendy Parrish Bowen.

She is survived by her husband of 54 years, C.L. Brown of Rossville; two children, Tammy (Drew) Whatley of Chattanooga, and Randy Brown of Rock Spring; step-sister, Alvida Edelen of Columbia, Tn.; step-brother, Woody (Jeanette) Davenport of McMinnville, Tn.; step sister-in-law, Patty Davenport; three grandchildren, Brandon Brown, Jamie (Chris) Yates, and Andrew Whitworth; life-time friend, Elaine Forester; several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11 in the funeral home chapel with Rev. Bill Gardner officiating. Interment will follow at Tennessee-Georgia Memorial Park. The family will receive friends 1-8 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m.2 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.

Arrangements are by W.L. Wilson & Sons Funeral Home, Ft. Oglethorpe.

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