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Beatrice Evelyn Stewart Brown, 90, went peacefully to be with the Lord on March 29, 2017 in San Angelo, Texas. At the time of her passing she was surrounded by family and friends, as her pastor prayed and read scripture.
Born in Pickens County, South Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Taylor Hillhouse and Sunni Arnita Medlin Stewart. She was an active young woman accustomed to the rigors of farm life, and followed her adventurous nature in to the Army Nurse Corps Training program at the University of South Carolina, where she met her future husband Wilton J. Brown, then a Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps student from San Antonio. After the end of World War II, Beatrice and Wilton were married and moved to San Antonio where she began her nursing career. They moved to San Angelo in 1953, where she balanced her career as a Registered Nurse with raising three sons and an active membership at Park Heights Baptist Church and Southland Baptist Church. She took up tennis in her forties, after retiring from nursing and achieved a top 10 ranking in Texas in the over 50 age group, continuing to play into her 80's.
Beatrice is preceded in death by her husband Wilton J. Brown, as well as three sisters and four brothers in South Carolina. In addition to one brother and three sisters in South Carolina, she is survived by three sons, Retired Tom Green County Judge Michael D. Brown of San Angelo, Colonel (USAF Ret.) Stephen D. Brown (Victoria) of San Antonio, Jeffrey J. Brown (Angela) of Ft. Worth, five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends on Friday March 31st from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Johnson's Funeral Home. Services will be held Saturday, April 1st at 11:00 AM at Southland Baptist Church, with interment to be held at Fairmount Cemetery on Monday, April 3rd at 11:00 AM.
The family would like to express their deep appreciation to Pastor Taylor Sandlin, who was at their mother's bedside in her final moments, and they request that any memorials in their mother's honor be made to Southland Baptist Church, in San Angelo, Texas