Margaret Rhodes Barnes Brown

Margaret Rhodes Barnes Brown, 88, passed away Sunday March 27th, at Morehead Nursing Center after a brief couragious battle with cancer. The funeral will be Tuesday March 29th, at 2 pm at First Baptist Church in Eden with a visitation held one hour prior to the service. Burial will follow in Overlook Cemetery, with Fair Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. She was born September 25, 1922 in Rockingham Co. to the late Sam Buck and Nell Ferguson Rhodes. A 1939 graduate of Leaksville High School and Martinsville Business College, she was a retiree of Morehead Memorial Hospital, and a life long member of First Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Rankin Barnes, and Roy E. Brown as well as her brothers, Carl, Lawrence and Sam Rhodes, and her sister Jessie R. Grogan. A loving mother, her greatest accomplishments were her three children and the love she shared with them. She enjoyed cooking, baking, was an avid reader, travler, and a fan of Fox News. She is survived by her three children; Joyce Baughn and husband Roger of Concord, NC, Janet Holliman and husband Lamar of Little River, SC, and John W. Brown and wife Jill of Axton, VA, grandchildren; Joel Brown of Kernersville, NC, Chase and Kyra Brown, and Kyle Holliman of Madison, NC, her beloved cat Missy and special friend and caregiver Anita Robinson of Madison, NC. "No matter where you go, my love will always be with you." In Lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to First Baptist Church; 533 Greenwood St. Eden, NC 27288. Online condolences may be made to www.fairfuneralhome.com