Ann Kathryn Anders Brown

NORTHPORT | Ann Kathryn Anders Brown, age 82, died Dec. 31, 2014 at Hospice of West Alabama. A private service will be held on Monday, Jan. 5, 2015 with Rev. Carl Wells officiating. A private burial will follow with Sunset Funeral Home, a Dignity Memorial Provider, directing. Visitation will be 3 p.m. on Monday, January 5, 2015, at Northwood Hills Baptist Church in Northport.She was preceded in death by her parents, Robert Lloyd and Ann Broughton Anders; grandson, Jonathan David Brown; sister, Charlotte Anders Davis; brothers, Bobby Lloyd Anders and Thomas Edward Anders; and sister-in-law, Mary Ann Falgout Anders.Survivors include her husband, William Clayton Brown of Northport; daughters, Kathy Suzanne Brown and Amy Lynn Brown both of Northport; sons, David Clay Brown (Debra) of Hamilton, Texas, and Paul Andrew Brown of Northport; sister, Carolyn Anders Patton of Tuscaloosa; brothers, Charles Larry Anders (Carolyn) of Salem, Ind., and Daniel Morris Anders (Janet) of Northport; brother-in-law, Bruce Edward Davis of Northport; grandchildren, Pamela Erin Brown Summerville (Frank) of Laurel, Miss., and Benjamin Clay Brown (Adrianne) of Tuscaloosa; and great-grandchild, Elizabeth Ann Summerville of Laurel, Miss.Kathryn was born on August 1, 1932 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and grew up in Northport, Alabama. As a teenager she attended Tuscaloosa County High School where she was a majorette in the band and before graduating in 1950 she served as head majorette. After graduation she was too young for local employment so she and several friends moved to Washington D.C where she gained employment as a file clerk for the F.B.I. .After a year of being homesick she returned to Northport and went to work for Gulf States Paper Corporation in their clerical offices. In 1954 she met and married her husband of 60 years. Together they had four children which she stayed at home to raise; completely devoting her life to them. She accepted Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior at a young age and was an active member of theNorthport Baptist Church where she taught the four year old Sunday school class, worked with the children's choirs and children's mission groups. One of her greatest pleasures was tending her flowers and always had sprays of color throughout theyard of any home in which she lived.In 1981 she became a grandmother to the first of two grandchildren that she adored and enjoyed spoiling. She thought nothing could have surpassed that joy until, in February of 2013, she became the great-grandmother to Elizabeth Ann, her precious namesake. Together they enjoyed many tea parties even up until the last month of her life.Pallbearers will be nephews, Joe Patton, Skipper Davis, Robby Davis, Scott Anders, Mike Anders, and Dan Anders.Honorary pallbearers are Paul and Ann McMillian, Jane Ball, Geraldine Moore, Clara Cicero, and Jim and Barbara Anders.In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made to Operation Smile, Hospice of West Alabama or their choice of charity.Condolences may be offered at www.sunsetbrown-funeral.com.