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Donald Ray Browning

Date of Death: August 7, 2010

Donald R. Browning

Donald Ray “Don” Browning, 74, of Winchester, died Saturday, August 7, 2010, in the Blue Ridge Hospice Residential Center.

Mr. Browning was born in 1935, in Washington, DC, the son of Harold Furr and Alice Rose Baird. He was a technical repairman with the Fairfax County Government, having retired in July 2009. He was a member of the bluegrass band, The Hogue Creek String Band and played rhythm guitar at various senior centers, charitable events and jam sessions throughout the Valley.

He married Margie Wheeler on August 9, 1983 in Fairfax, VA. He was previously married to Mary Margaret Seymour Browning Barbeau.

Surviving with his wife are three daughters, Mary Ann Farrulla, and her husband, Carlos, of Alexandria, VA, Debra Lynn Kiser, and her husband, David, of Alexandria, VA, and Barbara Alice Mariani, and her husband, Ezio, of Raleigh, NC; three grandchildren, Sophia Farrulla and Zachary Kiser, both of Alexandria, VA and Marcello Mariani of Raleigh, NC; and a sister, Faye Murray, and her husband, James of Rocky Ridge, MD. He was preceded in death by a sister, Connie Hash and a brother, Harold Clayton Furr.

A funeral service will be conducted on Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at 10:00 A.M. at Omps Funeral Home, Amherst Chapel with Pastor Glenn Welsh officiating. Interment will be Tuesday, 2:00 PM, in National Memorial Park in Falls Church, VA. The family will receive friends on Monday, August 9, 2010 from 6:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. at Omps Funeral Home, Amherst Chapel.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Blue Ridge Hospice, 333 W. Cork Street, Suite 405, Winchester, VA 22601.

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Donald R. Browning Donald Ray “Don” Browning, 74, of Winchester, died Saturday, August 7, 2010, in the Blue Ridge Hospice Residential Center. Mr. Browning was born in 1935, in Washington, DC, the son of Harold Furr and Alice Rose Baird. He was a technical repairman with the Fairfax County Government, having retired in July 2009.Continue Reading

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TIM left a message on January 30, 2013:
" DON" YOU CAN GO REST HIGH ON THAT MOUNTAIN NOW, YOUR WORK HERE ON EARTH WITH US IS DONE, GOD HAS CALLED YOU HOME TO BE WITH HIM AND LOVED ONES SINCE PAST, I TRUELLY CHERISH THE MANY TIMES YOU & I SPENT TOGETHER , STORIES SHARED, SO MANY THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT, SO MANY INTREST WE SHARED, GO AND TAKE YOUR PLACE AT GODS TABLE WITH YOUR GUITAR IN HAND, NOW THAT YOU'VE EARNED YOUR ANGEL WINGS KEEP A CLOSE WATCH OVER AUNT MARGIE, & MY GIRLS, SAY HELLO TO MY DAD FOR ME . YOU HAVE ANOTHER FELLOW BLUEGRASS PLAYER IN HEAVEN WITH YOU. GOD BLESS. TIM & HAYLEY HENSON.
TIM HENSON left a message on August 9, 2010:
" DON" YOU CAN GO REST HIGH ON THAT MOUNTAIN NOW, YOUR WORK HERE ON EARTH WITH US IS DONE, GOD HAS CALLED YOU HOME TO BE WITH HIM AND LOVED ONES SINCE PAST, I TRUELLY CHERISH THE MANY TIMES YOU & I SPENT TOGETHER , STORIES SHARED, SO MANY THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT, SO MANY INTREST WE SHARED, GO AND TAKE YOUR PLACE AT GODS TABLE WITH YOUR GUITAR IN HAND, NOW THAT YOU'VE EARNED YOUR ANGEL WINGS KEEP A CLOSE WATCH OVER AUNT MARGIE, & MY GIRLS, SAY HELLO TO MY DAD FOR ME . YOU HAVE ANOTHER FELLOW BLUEGRASS PLAYER IN HEAVEN WITH YOU. GOD BLESS. TIM & HAYLEY HENSON.
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