A Loss for Alabama Master Gardeners

by Judith Rives

Brenda Armstrong, a 14 year member of the Blount County Master Gardeners and our AMGA secretary, passed away unexpectedly at her home last week. Brenda was one of the co-chairs of the 2015 AMGA State Conference, held in Cullman. She was a very active member of Blount MGs, First Baptist Church of Hayden, and the Blount County Wildflower Society. Her son, Anthony, his wife Dana, and their three daughters, much loved by Brenda, survive her.

Thanks to Sybil Phillips, who suggested to me that I should become Brenda’s Facebook friend, we became “real” friends. Before moving to Tuscaloosa, I had lived in the same area of Blount County for almost 30 years. Brenda and I had many mutual friends from Hayden, and talking with her gave me a needed connection to my former home area. Brenda and I always visited at Advisory Council meetings and AMGA state conferences, and she even bought two of my zucchini plants that I grew for our TCMG Pass Along Plant Sale!

Her last day was spent hosting a “ladies’ party” lunch at her home, where she was her usual warm, happy and smiling self. Typical of Brenda, she was welcoming, gracious, and caring for others to the end.

You can learn more about Brenda from this issue of Pathways

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