Loving Mother, Grandmother

WAYNESVILLE — Annie Nell Brown Rector, 88, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013, at Mission Hospital.

Born in Jackson County, she had resided in Haywood County for the past six years.  She was the daughter of the late Everette Edgerton and Attie Bridges Brown.  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Clyde Cline Rector, who died in 1994; a sister, Margaret Williams; and two brothers, Malcolm E. Brown and Fredrick.  She was a retired employee of Western Carolina Telephone Company and a former employee of Bank of Asheville and Fashion Bug in Asheville.  Anne was a member of Allens Creek Baptist Church and loved to be with her family

She is survived by a daughter, Jane R. Bowman, and her husband, Bruce, of Waynesville, and a son, ...