Linda Gail Fonville Brown of Brownwood, TX passed away quietly Friday morning, March 19, 2010.  She was born in Galveston, TX August 18, 1933.  She was a graduate from Brownwood High School and a graduate from Howard Payne University with a Bachelors Degree.  Linda married Billy Harlow Brown on July 22, 1950.  They were married almost sixty years.  Linda is survived by three cherished daughters; Nancy and Darrell Moore of Early, Patricia Roberts and Brad Lancaster of Lampasas, TX, and Kathy and Alan Washington of Lometa, TX.  She had nine grandchildren, fifteen great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild.  She was preceded in death by her mother Willie Bell Herring Fonvill, her father Fred W. Fonville, and one son Terry Lynn Brown.

Linda had a passionate love for God, her husband, family, friends, and animals.  She was very active in the Good Samaritans, Brownwood Quilt Guide, Busy Bee Quilting Club of Lake Victor, Meals on Wheels, Eastern Star, and the First Christian Church.  She started the “rattle fund
 at her church.  Linda quilted well over sixty quilts for the children at our own Brownwood Hospital.  Linda never knew a stranger and always made sure no one was overlooked.  One could be so lucky to call her wife, mother, and friend.  She was loved by all and will be forever missed.

Funeral services will be held at 10:00am Monday March 22, 2010 at the First Christian Church of Brownwood.  Burial will follow in May Cemetery.  Visitation will be held Sunday March 21, 2010 from 6pm until 8pm, at Davis-Morris Funeral Home.