Keeping up with the Bailey's

Nina Mae Brown

Mrs. Nina Mae Wilbanks Brown, age 94, of Benton died Saturday September 19, 2009, at Saline Memorial Hospice in Bryant. She was born February 19, 1915 in Haskell.

Mark's great-grandmother passed away this weekend. She was truly a very special women who will greatly be missed. We were so blessed to share the moments that we did with her, although we wish there would have been more. It is times like this when we realize that our lives are so busy these days that we didn't get to see her over the last couple of years like we should have. She was so great with Marshall and I wish that she would have gotten to see Jordan and love on her like she did Marshall. I remember being so nervous about taking Marshall over to her house for the first time and as soon as we put the carrier down in the floor, she was taking him out. She bounced him on her knee and signed to him and I remember him smiling and laughing at her the entire time we were there. She wanted to make sure that she told him that she was his great-great grandmother and she would sign that to him over and over. She would always ask if Marshall could have candy when we went over to her house and when we go to celebrate her birthday, she would always feed Marshall cake. He had his first bite of birthday cake from Grandma Nina Mae. She was a very special woman that we were lucky to have in our lives and we will miss her. Grandma Nina Mae you were loved.