Claire Giddeons Brown Obituary

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Claire Giddeons Brown of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, who passed away on November 18, 2021, at the age of 91, leaving to mourn family and friends. Leave a sympathy message to the family on the memorial page of Claire Giddeons Brown to pay them a last tribute.

She was predeceased by: her parents, Mary June Hudler Giddeons and Godfrey Giddeons; and her husband Harry Elmore Brown. She is survived by: her children, Sharon Brown Norman (Charles Hamilton Norman III), Michael Louis Brown (Jenna Pakhchanian Brown) and Elizabeth Brown Privette (James Atlas Privette, Jr.); her grandchildren, Misty Brown Bassignana (Ray Bassignana), Joseph Brown, Matthew Taylor Norman (Chandler Woodall Norman), Emily Ashford Norman Richards (Brian Charles Richards), Taylor Matheson Privette and Cameron Ashford Privette; her great grandchildren, Claire Ashford Richards, Merrill Elizabeth Richards, Sanders Reid Norman, Lilly Marshall Norman, Nicolas Palmer and Fiona Bassignana; her sister June Elizabeth Giddeons Braswell; and her nieces and nephews, Susan Braswell Pierce (Dallas), Charles Linwood Braswell, Jr. (Tammy), Mary Ellen Braswell (David Livesay), John Umstead (Nadine), Ouida Farmer Tisdale and Martha Farmer King. She is also survived by family members include her three children.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial gifts be made to First Presbyterian Church's Hot Dish & Hope, 617 North Elm Street, Greensboro, NC 27401.