Deborah Yarber Brown, age 66, of Hollingsworth, Georgia passed away on Thursday, January 19, 2023 surrounded by family.

Mrs. Brown was born on December 22, 1956 in Commerce, Georgia. She was preceded in death by her father, William A. Payne; and husband, Wayne Alfred Brown. She was a member of Mountain View Baptist Church.

Survivors include her loving mother, Florence Brock Payne; daughter and son-in-law, Megan and Andrew Akers, of Baldwin; son and daughter-in-law, Joel and Lynn Stewart, of Baldwin; daughter and son-in-law, Misty and Sammy Beck, of Cornelia; grandchildren, Kaitlyn Stewart, of Baldwin; and Samuel “Trey” Hubert Beck III, of Cornelia; Mary Clay Beck, of Cornelia; Dallas O’Neal Beck, of Cornelia; sister and brother-in-law, Wanda and Jimmy Crow, of Baldwin; sister, Rachel Sikes, of Tampa, FL; brother and sister-in-law, Mitchell and Donna Payne, of Demorest; and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, January 22, 2023 at Mountain View Baptist Church with Pastor Chad Parker and Pastor Jamie Harvey officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Saturday, January 21, 2023 at the Whitfield Funeral Home, South Chapel.

Flowers are accepted or memorials may be made to The Mason House, 1762 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30322 or Get Real Ministries, P.O. Box 293, Baldwin, Georgia 30511 or Mountain View Baptist Church Youth Fund, c/o Wanda Crowe, P.O. Box 311, Baldwin, GA 30511.

Arrangements have been entrusted to the Whitfield Funeral Homes & Crematory, South Chapel at 1370 Industrial Boulevard, Baldwin, Georgia 30511. Telephone: 706-778-7123.