Mary Anna Brewer Wooten, 82, of 312 Sorrento Knolls Drive in Blowing Rock passed away Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2006, at Glenbridge Rehabilitation Center, after a lengthy illness. Born in Winston-Salem on Aug. 20, 1924, to Etta Estelle Butner Brewer and Fred Madison Brewer, she was of Moravian heritage and a lifelong member of Bethel United Methodist Church. Mrs. Wooten was a retired inspector from Tyco Inc. She had also worked as a real-estate broker and notary public. Earlier in her life, she worked in her family's restaurant and in Quality Control at Western Electric Corp. She enjoyed cooking and baking and delighted many friends and family members who ate at her table. Most likely she will be remembered as Mrs. Santa Claus. She and her husband Ed were well known both in Winston-Salem and the surrounding areas for their many appearances as Mr. and Mrs. Claus. Her sweet spirit will be missed. She was preceded in death by her husband, E. Edgar Wooten; her parents; and an infant daughter, Bonnie Rae Wooten. She is survived by a daughter, Trimella Wooten Chaney, and husband Neville Chaney of Blowing Rock; a stepson, Ed Wooten, and wife Barbara of Winston-Salem; and a stepdaughter, Rebecca Wooten Brown, and husband Eddie of Winston-Salem. Grandchildren include Nathan Chaney and Jacob Chaney of Blowing Rock and Lisa Wooten, Teresa Wooten Owen, Andrea Wooten Tuttle, Lee Wooten and Edwin Brown IV of Winston-Salem. Mrs. Wooten is also survived by several great-grandchildren; nieces; nephews; and two sisters, Lillian Brewer Rabb and Ruth Brewer Beck and husband Clifton of Winston-Salem; and two brothers, T.E. Brewer and wife Betty of Wake Forest and James E. Brewer and wife Delma of Fancy Gap, Va. The funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 8, at Bethel United Methodist Church on Burke Mill Road in Winston-Salem. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 7, at Hayworth-Miller Funeral Home on Silas Creek Parkway in Winston-Salem. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to Bethel United Methodist Church.