Frances Brumby

Frances K. Brumby, age 89, of Murphy passed away Wednesday, June 4, 2008 at the Murphy Medical Center Nursing Home in Murphy, NC.

Mrs. Brumby was a native of West Point, Georgia and a daughter of the late Robert H. Jackson and Ruby Ailene Benson. She moved to Murphy following her marriage to Edward Brumby in 1970 and together they ran the Brumby Textile Mill and she continued to run the mill following his death in 1978. She was active in the Democratic Party and served on the Cherokee County Board of Social Services. She was of the Episcopalian faith.

Ms. Brumby was preceded in death by husband Ray Paul Jones, Jr., husband Edward Brumby; a grandson, Kenneth H. Jones Jr., two sisters, Eleanor Carley and Mary Bear and two stepdaughters, Ida Mosteller and Mary Bolen Forest.

She is survived by her son, Kenneth Jones and wife Donna of Lilburn, Georgia; stepson, Edward Brumby; two grandchildren, Stephanie Jones and Colin Jones; 10 step-grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be 3:00 PM Saturday, June 7, 2008 at the Townson-Rose Funeral Home Chapel in Murphy, NC. Dr. Chester Jones will officiate. Interment will be in the Sunset Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Kevin Jones, Colin Jones, Michael Mingus, Billy Mingus, David Alverson, D.J., Alverson and Chris King.

The family will receive friends 1:00 PM until 3:00 PM prior to the service Saturday, June 7, 2008 at the Townson-Rose Chapel in Murphy, NC.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be made In Memory of Frances K. Brumby to the Peachtree Memorial Baptist Church Building Fund, 440 Upper Peachtree Road, Murphy, NC 28906 or American Cancer Society, PO Box 1151, Murphy, NC 28906.

You may send tributes to the family at www.mem.com and view all obituaries at www.townson-rose.com.
 

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