Yvonne Bishop Brown

Graveside services for Yvonne Bishop Brown, 81, of Gilmer will be held 2:00 P.M on Thursday, June 21, 2012 at Oaklawn Cemetery in Mabank, Texas with Bro. Pete Dugger officiating under the direction of Croley Funeral Home of Gilmer. Mrs. Brown passed away on Monday, June 18, 2012 in Gilmer. She was born on August 20, 1930, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to George Henry and Grace Troman Spinks Bishop and on October 4, 1945, she married James Charles Brown in Quanah, Texas. Mrs. Brown was the owner of a ceramic business before her retirement. She is survived by her husband, James C. Brown of Gilmer; daughter, Lavonne Jones and her husband Wayne of Gilmer; brother, Tommy Jeff Bishop; of Pennsylvania; sisters, Carmaleta Loyd of Hurst, Juanita Osborn of Hurlong, California; grandchildren, Ronald James Crutsinger, Kevin Allen Crutsinger; 4 great grandchildren; 5 great great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Loretta Crutsinger in 1999, and granddaughter, Christina Patterson in 2001.