CHARLOTTE MAE THOMAS BROWN, 86, of Hagerstown, Maryland, died Thursday, November 30, 2006 at Gilchrist Center in Towson, Maryland. Born October 13, 1920 in Hagerstown, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late, Harry E. and Fannie Smith Thomas. She was preceded in death by her husband, Earl F. Brown, January 7, 1978. She was a 1938 graduate of Hagerstown High School. She was also a graduate from Frederick Memorial Hospital Nursing School class of 1942. She worked as a maternity nurse at Frederick Memorial Hospital, a private duty nurse in Hagerstown, a substitute teacher for the Washington County Board of Education and nurse at Reeder's Memorial Nursing Home in Boonsboro, Maryland. She was a former member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Boonsboro and a current member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Funkstown. She is survived by one daughter, Susan B. Mellott and husband Charles F. of Kearneysville, West Virginia; one son, Thomas F. Brown of Allentown, Pennsylvania; one brother, Harold L. Thomas and wife Bertha of Hagerstown, Maryland. She was preceded in death by one sister, Katherine M. Brewer; two brothers, two brothers, Murray L. Thomas and H. Elvert Thomas. Services will be at 11:00 a. m. Monday at the Minnich Funeral Home, 415 East Wilson Boulevard, Hagerstown, Maryland. The Rev. Darrell L. Layman will officiate. Burial will be in Beaver Creek Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Monday one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to charity of one's choice