Helen Ann Browning Obituary

 Helen Ann Browning, age 77 of Graham passed away Monday, August 15, 2016.

   Graveside service will be 1:00 P.M. on Thursday, August 18, 2016 at the Downing Cemetery with Karl Baker officiating. 

Services under the direction of Higginbotham Funeral Home in Gorman.

   Helen was born April 2, 1939 in Gorman, Texas to R. V. Lesley and Audrey 

(Patton) Lesley.  She graduated from De Leon High School in 1957.  She  married  Woodrow Browning on November 18, 1960. 

They had three children, Donna Gatlin, Susan Browning and Gary Browning.  She worked as secretary/Tax Collector for

Gorman ISD for twenty years.  Helen was a long time member of the Kokomo Baptist Church where she taught children’s

Sunday school and played the piano.  

   She is survived by daughter, Donna Gatlin and husband, Gary of Graham; son, Gary Browning and wife, Rebecca of

Graham; five grandchildren, Lesley Hoffman and husband, Thomas of Alaska, Melanie Baker and husband, Karl of Belton,

Emily Browning, Garrett Gatlin and Lance Browning all of Graham; two brothers, Wayland Lesley and wife, Wanda of 

Lampasas and Dwain Lesley of Round Rock.

   She was preceded in death by one daughter, Susan, her parents and husband, Woodrow Browning.