Mary Lou was raised in Bolivia, N.C. with her loving grandparents, David and Beatrice Galloway. Upon graduating from Brunswick County Training School in 1965, she moved to Vineland, N.J. with her mother, Inez Branch. While in New Jersey, she attended nursing school. She worked in the nursing profession for many years including the time she resided in Los Angeles, California in the late 1990s, at which time she performed multiple duties. She relocated back to Brunswick County, opened her own business and became well known as a hair stylist and entrepreneur with her husband, Reverend James Watkins. Mary Lou was a loving and kind person, always willing to lend a helping hand in any way she could. Her passion was helping the elderly, mentoring the young and counseling in confidentiality. She will be missed by many and her memory will live on.
Mary Lou leaves to treasure her memories, her husband, Reverend James Watkins, step-daughters, Kathy Allen and son, Kenneth Babson, Terri Allen and son, Wesley Mitchell; aunts, Vernell Salmon of Southport, NC Eva Jennings of Altamonte Springs, Fl and Juanita Scott of Jamaica, NY; an uncle, Thaddeus “Danny” Galloway and wife, Joyce of Bolivia, NC; sisters, Norma Lee Branch of Bridgeton, NJ, Denise Brown of FL; a brother, Gregory Brown of FL; godson, Larry Bell, Jr. (JR.), of Vineland, NJ; goddaughter, Tameca Mitchell of Detroit; special cousins, Thomas L. Brown of MD, Marion Moore Hurst of Vineland, NJ, Carolyn Smith and Stephanie Williams, both of Bolivia, NC, sister-in-law, Sharon Brown of MD, and a host of cousins, family and friends.
She was predeceased by her mother, Inez Branch and stepfather, Daniel Branch; her father, Cleveland Brown and a brother, Cleveland “Alexander” (Sonny) Brown.
A funeral service will be held at Little Macedonia Baptist Church in Supply, N.C. Sunday, October 7, 2018 at 2 o’clock in the afternoon with the Reverend Jesse Smith officiating. Burial will follow in the Marsh Branch Cemetery in Winnabow, NC.
You may offer online condolences at www.peacocknewnamwhite.com.
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