Josephine ValeriaThatenhurst Brown

Josephine Valeria Thatenhurst Brown – a native of Augusta, GA and a longtime resident of Mobile, AL died Friday, June 14, 2013. She worked for 30 years in the newborn nursery at Mobile Infirmary and was a member of Cottage Hill Baptist Church. Her hobbies included cooking good meals. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Drennen Thatenhurst; daughter, Valeria Thatenhurst; son, Charles Thatenhurst; brother, Allen L. Rosier, Jr.; and sisters, Jeanette Schatz and Edna Hooper. Survivors include a sister, Celia Mackey of Mobile; nephew and buddy, Walter Mackey (Nancy); nieces, nephews, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great, great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held from the chapel of Mobile Memorial Gardens Funeral Home on Monday, June 17, 2013, at 12 noon. The family will receive friends from 10 a.m. until the service hour. Interment will be in Mobile Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Infirmary Hospice, 3290 Dauphin St., Mobile, AL 36606. Condolences may be offered at www.mmgfuneralhome.com. Arrangements by Mobile Memorial Gardens Funeral Home, 6040 Three Notch Road, Mobile, Alabama 36619.