Mary Catherine Brown, age 86, passed away peacefully at home Thursday, June 2, 2022. She was born in Columbia, SC on November 27, 1935 and was the daughter of the late Benson Cromer Boland and Miriam Bean Boland.
She was a lifelong resident of Springfield, SC, attended Coker College and graduated from the University Of South Carolina School Of Nursing. She retired as the clinical coordinator from Barnwell County Hospital. She was a member of the St. Theresa Catholic Church.
Mary Catherine loved cooking and gardening, taking special pride in her azaleas. She won Springfield Yard of the Month many times. She enjoyed watching Jeopardy with her son every evening.
She was predeceased by her husband, Ralph Carlton Brown, Sr. She is survived by her sons, Harry Brown of Springfield and Carl Brown (Grace Ann) of Walterboro, three grandchildren, Jim Brown of Houston, Mary Hunter Stoddard (Clayton) of Columbia and West Brown of Walterboro. She is also survived by numerous relatives and friends.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held one o’clock p.m., Saturday, June 4, 2022 at St. Theresa Catholic Church, Springfield with Officiant Father Prasad Antony; burial will be in the Springfield Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to St. Theresa Catholic Church, Alter Society, P.O. Box 73, Springfield, SC 29146 or St, Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.
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