Sible L. Brown

Sible L. Brown, 93, formerly of Marion, passed away on Monday April 15, 2002 at 10:10 P.M. at the Kindred Hospital in La Mirada California. Funeral Services for Sible will be held on Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 10:00 A.M. at Mitchell-Hughes funeral home with Rev. Charles Baker officiating. Burial will be at East Lawn Memorial Gardens Herrin, Illinois. Visitation will be held on Monday evening from 5 until 9 P.M. at the funeral home. Sible was born in Stonefort, Illinois to Henry Thomas and Elizabeth Rene (Pankey) Buckner on November 14, 1908. She married Herbert Leland Brown on December 22, 1923 in Marion, Illinois. He passed away on January 24, 1967. Sible was a homemaker and she and her husband were members of the Warder Street Baptist Church while they lived in Marion. Sible is survived by a son; Robert Brown of Torrance, CA, three daughters; Helen Valenzuela of Hemet CA, Phyllis Baker of Milford, KS, and Kay Hodson of Torrance, CA.; eighteen grandchildren; thirty-eight great-grandchildren, and eight great-great-grandchildren, and a sister; Maple Yates. She was preceded by her husband, two sons; Raymond and Fred Brown, and a grandson, Don Taylor; a brother, Zoral Buckner and a sister, Sybil Johnson. This obituary and guest registry may be viewed at www.hughes-funeralhomes.com or the www.thesouthern.com