Mary Ann Stone Brimberry, 72, of Tifton, died Sunday, March 4, 2007, at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 7, 2007, at Trinity United Methodist Church. Rev. Chris Ramsey and Rev. B. J. Funk will officiate with a private family burial to be held at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 8, 2007, in the City Cemetery in Louisville (Jefferson County). The family will receive friends on Tuesday, March 6, 2007, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals.
Mrs. Brimberry was born on July 10, 1934 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and was the daughter of Thomas Stone and Mabel Ceperill Stone, both deceased. She was a homemaker and a member of Trinity United Methodist Church.
At the age of 10, she moved from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Miami, Florida. She graduated from Miami Edison High School and attended Florida Southern College, joining Alpha Omicorn Pi Fraternity. There, she met her husband, Bill (Brim as she called him) and, for the next 51 years, they lived in Miami, Florida, Fort Lauderdale, Florida and Tifton.
For all of those who knew Mary Ann, they knew she loved to cook, make crafts, loved life, and fought hard to keep herself going, as her husband and children can attest.
Mrs. Brimberry is survived by her husband of 51 years, William H. "Bill" Brimberry of Tifton; three daughters and sons-in-law, Carrie Ann and Sal Macaluso of New York, New York, Nancy and Randy Hand of Tifton, and Julie and Thomas Vogt of Fort Lauderdale, Florida; one sister-in-law, Linda Stone of Miami, Florida; and eight grandchildren.
In lieu of Flowers, please send your gift to Trinity United Methodist Church, United Hospice of Cordele, or Tift Regional Medical Center Heart and Vascular Center.