Velva J. Browning

April 12, 1941 - June 19, 2012

Velva Jane "Janie" Griffith Browning, 71, of Itmann passed over Jordan to meet her Savior after a long illness. Born April 12, 1941 at Glen Rogers, she was the daughter of the late Luther and Maxie Hammond Griffith. Velva was a member of the Mullens Pentecostal Holiness Church. She was a former text tile worker having worked in New Jersey in a toy and yarn factory. She was a former house keeper at Wyoming General Hospital and prior to her retirement, she was a private sitter. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her first husband, Gary I. Brown; four brothers; one sister; and a stepson. Those left to cherish her memory include her loving husband, Roger Browning; two sons, Ernie Simmons and his wife, Donna, of Mississippi and Michael Brown and his wife, Kelly, of Kentucky; two daughters, Janet McKinney and her husband, Anthony, of Barkers Ridge, Sherry Billings and her husband, Thomas, of Mullens; and a daughter-in-law, Debbie O'Neal and her husband, Randy, of Mullens; fourteen grandchildren, Jason McKinney, Tabitha Lusk, Mikel Brown, Jeffery Simmons, Katie Simmons, Sherry Billings, Morgan Brown, Logan Brown, Johnny, Chris, and Michael Collins, Rion and Mathew O'Neal; eight great-grandchildren, Charlie, Krista, Taylor, Evelyn, Gabriella, Sydney, Conner, and Carlie; two stepsons, Roger Browning, II and his wife, Mary, and Tim Browning and his wife, Amanda, of Virginia; brothers and sisters, Rev. Lloyd H. Griffith, Ella Mae Cook, George Dishmon, Benny Griffith, Charles Griffith, Phyllis Strawder and Carol Muskin; and several nieces and nephews. Services will be Noon, Friday, June 22, 2012 at the Mullens Pentecostal Holiness Church with Rev. Lewis Arnold officiating. Burial will follow in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Bluewell. Friends may call one hour prior to services Friday at the church. Family and friends will serve as pallbearers. Arrangements have been entrusted to the Tankersley Funeral Home, Mullens.