Ann Brown Duke, age 86, of Columbus, MS, passed away April 21, 2015, at Baptist Memorial Hospital. A memorial service will be held Thursday, April 23, 2015, at 3:00 PM at First United Methodist Church with Rev. Anne Russell Bradley officiating. Visitation will be Thursday, April 23, 2015, one hour prior to the service at the church. Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Duke was born December 9, 1928, in Eupora, MS, to the late Shell and Carmen Fondren Brown. She was a graduate of Webster High School where she excelled in basketball. Mrs. Duke was a member of First United Methodist Church of Columbus and the Lewis Fellowship Sunday School Class. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother, J. R. Brown of Greenwood, MS. Survivors include her sons, Paul Allen Duke and his wife Cathy of Ridgeland, MS, Charles Duke and his wife Nancy of Columbus, MS, daughter, Paulet Solomon and her husband Larry of Belzoni, MS, brother, Hack Brown and his wife Jean of McGee, MS, granddaughter, Fran Salomon and her husband Alex of St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands, granddaughter, Lara Gillfillan and her husband John of St. John, United States Virgin Islands, and great granddaughter, Scarlette Salomon of St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Lewis Fellowship Sunday School Class of First United Methodist Church. Memorials may be made to First United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 32, Columbus, MS, 39703.
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