Biography: Julie Brown Whetstone, age 48, died Tuesday, February 28, 2006, at her home in Little Rock. Born July 17, 1957 to Dorothy Jean (“Dot”) and John Ed Brown, she graduated from McClellan High School and attended University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She worked 18 years as the legal administrator for the Whetstone Law Firm and is past president of the Association for Legal Administrators (ALA). Julie is survived by her husband, Bud Whetstone of Little Rock, her father, John Ed Brown of Clinton, her sister, Laurel Brown, of Nashville, TN, her stepdaughter, Lee Whetstone of Little Rock, her sisters of the heart, Evelyn Menz, Vicki Kovaleski, and M.J. Griffin, Maria Kennedy who lovingly cared for her and her home, her aunt, Dorothy Brown, uncle, Joe Brown, cousins, close friends and her dogs, Molly and Jake. She is preceded in death by her mother Dot Brown and her stepson, Dalton Whetstone. Julie will be greatly missed for her gentleness, compassion, wisdom and humor. Family and close friends thank Drs. Dana Abraham, Larry Mendelson, Scott Stern, Reed Thompson and Bud Hyde for their compassionate care for Julie during her battle with breast cancer and thank hospice nurse Jan McRaven for her very tender and loving care. Friends will be received at Ruebel Funeral Home, 6313 West Markham Street, from 6:00 to 8:00pm on Wednesday, March 1. A memorial service will be held on Thursday, March 2 at 1:00pm at Quapaw Quarter United Methodist Church, 1601 South Louisiana Street, Little Rock, Reverend Betsy Singleton officiating. Memorials may be made to the Dalton Whetstone Boys and Girls Club, 46 Harrow Drive, Little Rock, AR, 72209 or to Arkansas Hospice, 5600 West 12st St., Little Rock, AR, 72204 or Little Rock Animal Services, 3800 South Chester, Little Rock, AR 72206.