LYNN S. BRUNSON

SALISBURY, North Carolina - Norma "Lynn" Sweatte Brunson, 81, of Salisbury, North Carolina, passed away Friday, June 6, 2014, at Novant Rowan Medical Center in Salisbury.

Born Sept. 22 , 1932, in Sumter, she was a daughter of the late Ruby Oliver Sweatte and Johnny Ethan Sweatte Sr. and step-father Marion Davis.

She was a graduate of Edmunds High School. Lynn worked 13 years for the Salisbury City Schools Head Start Program.

She was a member of Milford Hills Baptist Church for more than 50 years where she held various leadership roles and served on multiple committees. Lynn was a loving wife for more than 60 years, a dedicated mother and proud grandmother. She enjoyed pulling for University of South Carolina Gamecocks and loved spending time with her family at Surfside Beach. She believed that the South Carolina coast was the most beautiful place in God's creation.

Preceding her in death was her husband, Robert Manning Brunson, who passed July 6, 2012; a sister, Jean Boyson; and a brother, Johnny Ethan Sweatte Jr.

Those who survive her are her sons, John Spencer "Spence" Brunson Sr. and his wife, Deneen, of Salisbury, and Robert Manning "Manny" Brunson Jr., of Little Rock, Arkansas; and her grandchildren, Robert Manning Brunson III, Jaynie Lynn Brunson, Morgan Hayley Ann Brunson and John Spencer Brunson Jr.

The visitation for Lynn will be held Wednesday from noon to 1 p.m. at Milford Hills Baptist Church in Salisbury.

The funeral service will follow at 1 p.m. at the church with the Rev. Dr. Bruce Beck officiating. Burial will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Sumter Cemetery in Sumter.

Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 3800 Shamrock Drive, Charlotte, North Carolina 28215 or the American Lung Association, 514 Daniels St. #109, Raleigh, North Carolina

Summersett Funeral Home is assisting the Brunson family. Online condolences may be sent to www.summersettfuneralhome.com.