Mrs. Virginia Weatherford Brown Schwartzback

December 5, 1926 - July 19, 2017

Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Virginia Weatherford Brown Schwartzback, 90, who died peacefully with her family at her bedside on Wednesday, July 19, 2017, will be held at 2 o'clock on Sunday, July 23, 2017 in Ashwood Baptist Church Cemetery. The Rev. Gary Boykin will officiate and the family will receive friends following the service at the graveside and other times at her residence, 433 Holman Road, Sumter, SC. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in her honor to Ashwood Baptist Church, 1075 Lake Ashwood Road, Sumter, SC 29153. Hancock-Elmore-Hill Funeral Directors are serving the family. Mrs. Brown-Schwartzback, widow of Ray Brown and Roger Schwartzback, was born in Florence, SC, and resided in Ashwood, SC. She was a daughter of the late Clarence William Weatherford and Rosa Langston Weatherford. She was a life-long member of Ashwood Baptist Church and retired from Campbell's Soup. She also enjoyed cooking and her family dearly. She is survived by her son, Ray Allen (Connie) Brown, Jr. of Camden, SC; sister-in-law, Ruth Weatherford of Sumter, SC; 7 grandchilren. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother, Marion Weatherford.