January 15, 2023, 81, Mount Olive –

Anna Louise Koska Brown, 81, passed away Sunday. She was the daughter of the late Henry Charles and Bessie Louise Moreland Koska and the wife of the late Thomas Blake Brown. Mrs. Brown operated her own childcare facility out of her home.

Mrs. Brown is survived by her children, Cindy B. Walker and husband, Mike of Goldsboro, Lacey Brown of Goldsboro, and Vernon Blake Brown and fiancé Bridgette of Mt. Olive; a brother, Henry Buford Koska of Houston, TX; 9 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.

In addition to her husband, Mrs. Brown was preceded in death by her sons, Gary and Kenneth Brown; a brother, Tommy Lynn Koska; and sisters, Mary Jane Dummersnell, Thelma Irene Koska, and Bobbie Jean Rice.

Shumate-Faulk Funeral Home & Crematory is serving the Brown family, and online condolences can be directed to www.shumate-faulk.com