Lorenia Browning

ROSSVILLE — Lorenia Clark Browning, 96, went home to be with The Lord on Tuesday – Jan. 15, 2019. She was born in Walker County, Ga., to the late James Polk and Minnie L. Trotter Clark. She had resided most of her life in Walker County, Ga., in the Rossville and Lookout Mountain communities. She was a former employee of Trenton Spinning Mills and was a homemaker. She enjoyed quilting, working crossword and jig-saw puzzles. She was a member of Mission Ridge Baptist Church in Rossville, Georgia. Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Maitland Browning and 10 siblings, Johnny Clark, Maude Higdon, Louise Chambers, Lodenia Massey, Claude Clark, Baxter Clark, Herbert Clark, Duke Clark, Bonnie Lee Higdon and Roy Clark. She is survived by her children, Patricia Maureen (Donald) Lanza, Barbara Ann Browning, all of Knoxville, Tenn., Jimmy (Kathy) Browning, of St. Petersburg, Fla.; grandchildren, Kellie Henry, Kimberly Zirkle, Allen Easter, Meaghan Browning, Caroline Homme, Jon Morgan Browning, Chris Lanza, Julie Lanza; four great-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews. Graveside services will be held at 2:30 p.m. – Thursday – Jan. 17, 2019, at Chattanooga National Cemetery with Brother Jim Lilley officiating. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations be made to St. Jude Children Research Hospital at 262 Danny Thomas Place – Memphis, TN 38105. Online guest book at www.wilsonfuneralhome.com Arrangements by W. L. Wilson & Sons Funeral Homes, Fort Oglethorpe, GA.