Eloise Browne

Hartsville, S.C. A Celebration of Life for Eloise Rabon Browne age 87, who passed away September 21, will be held Tuesday at 3:00 at New Market United Methodist Church. Rev. Phillip Watry and Rev. Myrna Westfall will officiate. Entombment will be in the Westview Mausoleum directed by Norton Funeral Home. Visitation will be Monday 5-7pm at the Funeral Home. Mrs. Browne was born in Kershaw County a daughter of the late Tillman & Annie Ray Rabon. She was retired from McBee Manufacturing as a Seamstress after many years of service. She served as a faithful wife of her husband as he served many churches in the Pee Dee Area. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. Surviving are her husband, Rev. Tommy Browne, Hartsville; one daughter, Tiletha ( Lee) Lane, Hartsville; two sons, Tim (Nancy) Browne, Hartsville and Ray Parnell, Hartsville; daughter in law, Esther Crowley Parnell, Hartsville; three sisters, her twin sister, Elise Hancock, Lugoff, Lillian Barwick, Sumter and Vivian (Lewis) Atkinson, Oswego; one brother, Dallas (Pete) and his wife Judy Rabon, Lugoff; six grandchildren, Michelle Parnell (Chris) Turner, Hartsville, Alison Parnell (Ryan) Miller, Hartsville, Taylor Parnell (Stacy) Lail, Hickory, N.C., Katelyn Browne, Wofford College, Austin Browne, Hartsville and Preston Lane, Hartsville; 6 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her first husband, William Raymond Parnell and one son, Kenneth Michael (Mike) Parnell. Memorials may be made to Coker College, 300 East College Ave. Hartsville, S.C. 29550. www.nortonfh.net