"Faith, Hope, and Love" were the words surrounding Mable's bed in the I.C.U. unit of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C., where her death occurred Friday, December 2, 2011. Mable was born September 25, 1930 in Ingleside, W.Va. to the late Carson Brown and Fannie Jones Brown. She was a resident of the Williby Farm Road in Oakvale and had been a lifelong resident of the area. Mable was a retired cook at Princeton Community Hospital Snack Bar with 10 years of service and also served as an aid at Oakvale School with the Green Thumb Service for many years. She was an active member of the Oakvale United Methodist Church and was known as the "Champion Chili Maker" at the church for any fund raising or church event. She always had a pot of beans or soup on her stove and welcomed anybody to stop by. The greatest annual event that she looked forward to was the Brown-Williby Reunion held at her home near her birthday around the 25th of September. Mable will be remembered as the "Grand Matriarch" of the reunion and also prided herself as the best "Cake Maker" for any cake walks in the area. In addition to her parents, her husband, Henry Dale Williby; two brothers, Buford Brown and Harvey "Dude" Brown; and five sisters, Sadie Smith, Elizabeth Clifton, Reba Brinkley, Katie Brown and Marilyn Brown preceded her in death. Survivors include one son, Lewis Dale Williby and spouse Criss of Delta Junction, Alaska; one daughter, Beverly Cox and husband Michael of Oakvale; one grandson, Michael Williby of Anaheim, Calif.; special niece, Mabel Sue Kirby of Hardy; two sisters, Clara "Lal" Kirby of Hardy and Dorothy Farewell of Glen Lyn, Va.; extended family Betty Coleman; and loving neighbor, Ginger Williby. A service of celebration will be conducted at 11:00 a.m., Friday, December 9, 2011 at the G.E. Davis Chapel of Fredeking Funeral Service in Oakvale with Pastor Olen Robertson and Pastor Rob Buchanan officiating. Burial will follow at Resthaven Park Cemetery in Princeton. Family and friends will serve as pallbearers. Friends may call at the funeral home from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 8, 2011. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that memorial contributions be made to the Oakvale United Methodist Church, C/O Melinda Perdue, Treasurer, Rt. 3, Box 266, Princeton, WV 24740. Fredeking Funeral Service in Oakvale is serving the Williby family.