Bonnie Brown Announces She Has Stage 4 Lung Cancer

It's been a year of honor and sadness in the Brown family.

The Browns, along with the Oak Ridge Boys, were elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame this year (pictured above, Bonnie Brown is seated on the left). It's the highest honor that can be given to a country music artist.

Then in June Jim Ed Brown lost his battle with cancer.

Now, sister Bonnie Brown has announced that she is battling cancer.

(AP) - Bonnie Brown of The Browns has announced she has lung cancer. Brown, who is 78, says she has been diagnosed with stage-four cancer in her right lung. She is getting treatment in Little Rock, Arkansas, and she says she is "determined to live many more years." Her brother, Jim Ed Brown, died from cancer in June. The Browns are due to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame next month.

The Associated Press contributed to this story.