Mrs. Voncile Thornton Brown, 86, widow of Howard C. Brown, passed away Friday, October 17, 2014, in the Methodist Manor in Florence, SC.

Mrs. Brown was born September 7, 1928, in Chatom, AL, a daughter of the late Ernest Thornton and Odette Becton Thornton. She was a graduate of Washington County High School and Huffstetler Business College. Mrs. Brown kept books for Washington Pole and Timber Co. in Alabama before moving to SC in 1963, and kept books for Lane Pole Co., Inc. for many years after that. She was a member of Lane United Methodist Church. In addition to her parents and her husband Howard Brown, she was preceded in death by 2 brothers, Buddy Thornton and Bobby Thornton.

Surviving are: her daughter Sandra (Auddie) Brown, of Kingstree; her son Jerry (Jean) Brown, of Kingstree; 6 grandchildren; 10 great grandchildren; brothers, Billy Thornton and Jimmy Thornton, both of Chatom, AL; and a sister Deloris Blount, of Chatom, AL.

Funeral services will be 3 P.M. Sunday, October 19, 2014, in Lane United Methodist Church, with burial to follow in Kingstree Memorial Gardens. The family will greet friends from 6 to 8 P.M. Saturday at Williamsburg Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Lane United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 38, Lane, SC 29564 or Amedisys Hospice, 500 Pamplico Hwy., Ste D, Florence, SC 29505.