DEATH OF MRS. J. A. BROWN
The death occurred this morning, following an illness of about five weeks'
duration, of Mrs. J. A. Brown, mother of
Mrs. W. A. Elliott, Oxford Street.
Deceased was aged 78 years and had resided in Ingersoll with her daughter for
a term of about ten years.
Deceased was born in Quebec City, but was taken to Tillsonburg when a small child, where she lived for some time. Later she went to Brownsville, where she resided for many years and was widely known up to the time of her removal to Ingersoll ten years ago. Her husband predeceased her seventeen years ago. Mrs. Brown was a member of the Baptist Church at Brownsville, and a regular attendant while health permitted. She was known to quite a few in Ingersoll and with all she was held in the very highest esteem, because of her genial temperment and kindly disposition. Besides her only daughter, Mrs. Elliott, she is survived by two sons, Calvin B. Brown of Aylmer, Ont., and Dr. George B. Brown of Portsmouth, Ohio.
The funeral (private) will be held from the residence of Mrs. W. A. Elliott, Oxford Street, on Friday afternoon to Delmer Cemetery. Service at the house at two o'clock.
OBITUARY
FUNERAL OF MRS. J. A. BROWN
The remains of the late Mrs. J. A. Brown, who died on Tuesday morning, were laid to their
last resting place in the old cemetery at Brownsville on Friday afternoon.
The funeral service was unique in that there were two sets of pall bearers, one at
Ingersoll and another at Brownsville, where the deceased was well known and
respected.
She was one of the few surviving charter members of the
Brownsville
Baptist Church.
An impressive funeral service was conducted at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. W. A. Elliott, from which place the
remains were conducted to Brownsville.
The service was conducted by the Rev. Donald McIntyre, pastor of the Ingersoll Baptist
Church, who referred to in a touching manner to the sterling qualities of the late
Mrs. Brown.
The pall bearers at Ingersoll were F. W. Walters, T. R. Mayberry, G. N. Langford,
H. E. Robinson, H. B. McKinnon and Spencer Freeman.
At Brownsville the remains were conducted to the old cemetery and there interred. The pall bearers there were J. W. Hockins, John Smith and John Karr.