Mary Frances Brockwell

ASHEVILLE - MARY FRANCES CRIGGER BROCKWELL, 66, OF 28 MT. CLARE AVE. WENT TO BE WITH JESUS FRIDAY JANUARY 26, 2001 AT MEMORIAL MISSION HOSPITAL AFTER AN EXTENDED ILLNESS. A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY. SHE WAS A DEVOTED, LOVING WIFE AND MOTHER AND WAS A MEMBER OF GODS FILLING STATION FULL GOSPEL CHURCH. SHE HAD WORKED AS A PRIVATE DUTY NURSE AND WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE ROBERT LEE AND DIORA ESTHER DAVIS CRIGGER. SHE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER SON, REV. GRADY E. BROCKWELL FORMERLY OF ASHEVILLE. SURVIVING ARE HER HUSBAND OF OVER 50 YEARS, ODUS R. BROCKWELL OF THE HOME; DAUGHTER, JUDY PRESSLEY OF ASHEVILLE; SONS, PASTOR STEVE R. BROCKWELL OF ASHEVILLE, RONNIE BROCKWELL, SR. OF WEAVERVILLE, ROBERT O. BROCKWELL OF LEICESTER AND RUSSELL A. BROCKWELL OF ASHEVILLE; SISTER, MARIE CRIGGER BROCKWELL OF ASHEVILLE; 12 GRANDCHILDREN, INCLUDING TABITHA McCURRY OF WHICH THE FAMILY IS MOST APPRECIATIVE OF HER FOR HER SPECIAL DEVOTION, LOVE AND CARE FOR HER GRANDMOTHER, AND 8 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT 2:00 P.M. SUNDAY IN THE ANDERS-RICE FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL WITH PASTOR STEVE R. BROCKWELL OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE IN GREEN HILLS CEMETERY. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS FROM 7 TO 9:00 P.M. SATURDAY AT THE FUNERAL HOME AND AT OTHER TIMES WILL BE AT THE RESIDENCE.