Mrs. Hilda Imogene Reece Brown, age 87, of Summerville, Georgia, passed away Friday, December 7, 2012 at her residence.

Mrs. Brown was born in Lyerly, Georgia on January 9, 1925, daughter of the late Pless E. Reece and Ollie Bell Dempsey Reece. She was a member of the New Antioch Baptist Church and was a retired homemaker. Mrs. Brown was preceded in death by her first husband, James Clarence Brown, Jr., second husband, Preston McSpadden; sons, Stacy Wayne Brown and Steven Elbert Brown, and sisters, Gladys Hall, Leatha Pledger, and Jewell Copeland, and brothers, Hollis Reece, and Hope Reece.

Mrs. Brown is survived by her children, Zachery Trent and Brandi Brown, Mike and Sue Brown, Marcia Parish and Bryan Aldridge, and Vicki and Mike Hargrove; sister, Lloyd Sentell; sister-in-law, Suzan Brown; 15 grandchildren, 21 great grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.

Funeral Services will be held Monday, December 10, 2012 at 2:00 P.M. in the Chapel of the Mason Funeral Home with Rev. Wayne Pace and Chaplain Alan Fuller officiating. Interment will follow in the Summerville Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Keith Rowland, Tim Hargrove, Hank Peppers, Randall Reece, Dennis Bandy, Larry Tucker, Richey Brown, Buddy Reece and Otis Grogan. Honorary Pallbearers will be Joe Hill, Jimmy Gilliland, and George Coffia.

Mrs. Brown will be in state at the Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends Sunday evening from 6 until 8 P.M.