Funeral service for Mrs. Bonnie Mae Eslick Brown, age 91 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Saturday March 7, 2015 at 11 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Tony Billions and Rev. Don Gatlin officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Brown passed away Thursday morning March 5, 2015 at Donalson Care Center.
A native of Lincoln County, she was the daughter of the late John Matthew and Roxie Cashion Eslick, a homemaker and a member of the Oak Hill Baptist Church. Mrs. Brown was a loving wife, mother and grandmother who enjoyed spending her time working in her flowers.
Survivors include her husband of sixty-nine years Charles W. Brown, daughters Rita Marie Armstrong and Jo Ann (Arnold) Moffett, son Rickey (Stephanie) Brown, all of Fayetteville, sisters Candace (Frank) Martin of Nashville, Mildred Warren of Shelbyville, Frances Brown of Lewisburg, brother James Manley “Bud” (Sue) Eslick of Fayetteville, eight grandchildren, two step-grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Mrs. Brown was preceded in death by a son William Edward Brown and a grandson Brian Armstrong.
Visitation with the family will be Friday March 6, 2015 from 5 – 8 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the St. Jude Children’s Hospital.
