ETHEL PORTER BROWN 1918 ~ 2009
Ethel Porter Brown was received by her Heavenly Father on September 23, 2009.She was born on March 12, 1918 at Wells Branch, Willard, Carter County, Kentucky, a daughter of the late Francis Marion and Ida Johnson Porter.
She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and homemaker. She was also a Kentucky Colonel and a member of Wildwood Baptist Church.
In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Edgar Brown, Jr. in 1992, a sister Sarah Rebecca Wells; four brothers, Virgil, Oscar Randolph, William Massie and Lewis Ray Porter; and a great-great grandson.
Ethel is survived by four sons, Edgar Marion (Betty Lou), Richard Allen, Gerald David, and James Michael Brown (Bonnie); two daughters, Linda Elizabeth Brown and Rebecca Ann Boyd (Willis K) all of Ashland; twelve grandchildren; twenty great-grandchildren; and 6 great-great grandchildren. She is also survived by two sisters, Effie Jane Brewer (Fred) and Annabelle Stewart and three brothers, Proctor B. Porter (Juanita), Charles Edward Porter, and Francis Marion Porter, Jr. (Zella).
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, September 26, 2009 at 11:00 A.M. at Steen Funeral Home, Central Avenue Chapel with Reverend Jim Nichols and Reverend Charles Stewart officiating. Visitation will be on Friday evening from 6-8 at the funeral home. Interment will be in Rose Hill Burial Park
In lieu of flowers, friends may make contributions to the Hospice Care Center, 2330 Pollard Road, Ashland, Kentucky 41101.
Online condolences may be made to www.steenfuneralhomes.com
