Janet (Brown) Walkup

Florence, SC – Janet Brown Walkup, 70, passed away on Monday, July 17, 2023 after complications from surgery this past Friday.

A time of visitation for family and friends will be Thursday evening,  July 20, 2023 at Layton-Anderson Funeral Home from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.

Janet was born in Florence, SC, the daughter of the late David Gordon and Marjorie Wilson Brown.  She worked many years at McLeod Hospital as a Medical Technologist.  Janet had a huge capacity for love and shared it with coworkers, family and friends.  She especially loved children and all God’s creatures.  Janet had a number of passions, but working with her flowers and plants had a special place in her heart.  Janet loved her animals, but her dog Scooby was very special to her.

Surviving are her husband of 10 years, Richard D. Walkup; son, James Walkup; daughter, Helen Walkup (Zachary) Gonzalez; brothers, Kevin Gordon (Wyndee) Brown, Leonard David Brown; and her two grandchildren, Emerlyn Dorothy Gonzalez, Anderson Josephine Gonzalez.  She is preceded in death by two brothers, Gary Russell Brown, John Mitchell “Johnny Mac” Brown.

Memorials may be made to the Florence Humane Society, P O Box 4808, Florence, SC 29502.

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