w/o John Davenport Searcy, m. 4 Mar 1889
Mrs. Alice Searcy
HENDERSONVILLE, April 29--
Mrs. Alice Elizabeth Brown Searcy, 88, of Hendersonville RFD 1, died this morning at her home after a long illness.
She was a native of Polk but had lived most of her life in Henderson County.
Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at the Ebenezer Baptist Church, The Rev. L. K. Holbert, the Rev. M. M. Goss and the Rev. O. M. Hopkins will officiate and burial will be in the church cemetery.
Grandsons will be pallbearers.
The body will remain at Thomas Shepherd Funeral Home until it is taken to the church to lie in state for an hour prior to services.
Surviving are five sons, Sam, Bob, Jeter and Ralph of Hendersonville and the Rev. John Searcy of Hartsville, Ga.; four daughters, Mrs. Sally Metcalf, and Misses Maude, Lillian and Blanche Searcy, all of Hendersonville; three sisters, Mrs. Ada Wilson, Mrs. Laura Wood and Miss Louise Brown, B. C. of California, Sank of Washington and Z. Y. of Asheville; 15 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
--Transcribed by Debbie Metcalf from news copy.
w/o John Davenport Searcy, m. 4 Mar 1889
Mrs. Alice Searcy
HENDERSONVILLE, April 29--
Mrs. Alice Elizabeth Brown Searcy, 88, of Hendersonville RFD 1, died this morning at her home after a long illness.
She was a native of Polk but had lived most of her life in Henderson County.
Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at the Ebenezer Baptist Church, The Rev. L. K. Holbert, the Rev. M. M. Goss and the Rev. O. M. Hopkins will officiate and burial will be in the church cemetery.
Grandsons will be pallbearers.
The body will remain at Thomas Shepherd Funeral Home until it is taken to the church to lie in state for an hour prior to services.
Surviving are five sons, Sam, Bob, Jeter and Ralph of Hendersonville and the Rev. John Searcy of Hartsville, Ga.; four daughters, Mrs. Sally Metcalf, and Misses Maude, Lillian and Blanche Searcy, all of Hendersonville; three sisters, Mrs. Ada Wilson, Mrs. Laura Wood and Miss Louise Brown, B. C. of California, Sank of Washington and Z. Y. of Asheville; 15 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
--Transcribed by Debbie Metcalf from news copy.
Family Members
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Mary Hester Brown Williams
1868–1952
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Amanda Minerva Brown Williams
1870–1954
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Rev James Madison Brown
1872–1951
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Carrie Ella Brown Hensley
1873–1932
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Louise Matilda Brown
1875–1959
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William Franklin "Will" Brown Sr
1877–1932
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John Rogers Brown
1880–1953
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Elijah Sylvanus Brown
1882–1931
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Laura Sylvania Brown Wood
1882–1971
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Thomas Sankey "Sank" Brown
1885–1973
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Zachariah Yates Brown
1887–1957
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Ada Rebecca Brown Wilson
1889–1982
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Briscoe Clinton Brown
1891–1956
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Robert Gordon "Bob" Searcy
1890–1974
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Samuel Leander Searcy
1892–1957
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Sarah Jane "Sallie" Searcy Metcalfe
1894–1961
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Jeter Pritchard Searcy Sr
1897–1958
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Ralph Norfleet Searcy
1899–1988
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Maude Louise Searcy
1901–1995
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Lillian Ada Searcy
1904–1985
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Rev John Clayton Searcy
1907–1985
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James Blanch Searcy
1911–1978