“I wanted people to know what Hiland
meant to this community,” says Brown. “It
was the first church of any kind in the North
Hills for three decades.” Brown also created
a records room at the church, collecting
the archives for church members and those
individuals wanting to research their family
history.
Hiland Church pastor Rev. Larry Ruby
says, “She has single-handedly vanguarded
much of the history preservation in not only
the church, but the North Hills.”
The minister isn’t overstating Brown’s
impact; she has a gift for interesting groups
of people in specific bits of the re