Brown Obituaries

CLIFORD E. BROWN Jr.
Former Resident of Columbus, Ga.

LANTANA, Fla.-- Clifford E. Brown Jr. died 15 Mar., at his home here, aged 65.

Clifford was born 27 Dec., 1932 at Fort Benning in Columbus, Ga., son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Brown Sr. he was preceded in death by his daughter, Marjorie B. Brown.

Burial was in Parkhill Cemetery in Columbus.

Survivors inlcude daughters Pam Black, Boynton Beach and aApril Grimm, Los Angeles,Ca.; sons, Wes Brown, Steven Brown, Bill Brown, all of Boynton Beach, Fl. and Bob Brown, Centre, Al.; sister, Sylvia Rumph, Columbus; 12 grandchildren; 2 great grand- children.

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-- William C. ("Buster") Brown of Little Rock died 30 Apr., aged 71.

Buster was a veteran of the US Navy in World War II. He had been married to his wife Carolyn for 52 years. Buster was a retired pipefitter with Local Pipefitters Union 155. He was a member of the First Church of Nazarene. He was preceded in death by a son, Buddy Brown.

Survivors are his wife; daughters Susie Roberson, Gainesville, Ga. and Iris Isgrig, Little Rock; brothers Tom Brown, Des Arc, Ark. And pat Brown, Honolulu, Ha.; sister-in-law Frances Jones, Cabot; grandchildren, Chris Isgrig, Little Rock and Nicole Brown, Conway.

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AHOSKI, NC--Dr. Robert Brown died Christmas Eve when his small Cessna single engine airplane crashed after leaving the airport in Raleigh, NC. He was one his way to work at his job as an emergency-room physician in a Florence, SC hospital. He was 42.

Robert lived in Ahoski, where he had formerly worked as a physician in the emergency room of the hospital there. After taking the job in Florence, he regularly flew his aircraft from the Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Florence, where he would work four day shifts. His aircraft disappeared from radar six minutes after takeoff and the wreckage was found scattered over the airport later.
Robert was a native of Ahoski. He was a graduate of East Carolina University in Greenville, NC and of the University of North Carolina.

Survivors include his wife, Meryl of Ahoski; his parents, also of Ahoski; daughter Meridith; son Tyler; and a sister, all of Ahoski

MIRIAM J. BROWN
WWII USO Volunteer

SAVANNAH, Ga.-- Miriam Juanita Brown died 12 Mar. at Green Acres Nursing Home here.

Miriam was born in Newington, Ga. During World War II, she became an activities director for the S.S.S.S., which later became the USO, an service organization which provides food, entertainment, contacts with home and other help for military service- men. After the war, Miriam became the librarian for the Georgia Historical Society's State Library here.

Entombment was at Hillcrest Abbey Memorial Park.

Survivors include a cousin, Wyonna Stafford, Atlanta.

WILLIAM E. BROWN
Dies In Arkasas At 94

HEBER SPRINGS, Ark.-- William E. Brown of Heber Springs died in Little Rock 24 Mar., age 94.

William was buried in Fairbanks Cemetery.

Survivors include sons Jim Brown, Little Rock and Fred Brown, Maulden, Mo.; 5 grandchildren; 4 great grandchildren.

SEAVY BROWN WESSON
Retired North Carolina Teacher

FAYETTEVILLE, NC--Seavy Brown Wesson died 12 June at the Lenoir Memorial Hospital in Kinston, aged 84.

Seavy was a retired teacher with the Fayetteville school system. Burial was in the Cross Creek Cemetery No. 4.

Survivors include a sister, Carrie Brown Shipp, Greensboro; and a brother Raymond Brown, Greensboro.

FAYETTEVILLE, NC-- Theodis Brown died in Veterans Affairs Medical Center here 13 Apr., aged 67

Theodis was a US Army veteran. Burial was in Pone-Brown Cemetery.

Survivors include his wife, Annie M. Brown; daughters Maria A. Brown of the home and Cathy Brown Hatcher, Clarkson; sons Danny Brown, Greensboro and Maress Brown, Bladenboro; brothers Rossie l. Brown, Boston and Lester Brown, Virginia Beach, Va.

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LAWRENCE ("Dimmer") BROWN

SHIRLEY, Ark.-- Lawrence ("Dimmer") Brown died 17 Apr. at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock, age 89.

Dimmer was born 3 Aug., 1908 in Arkansas. Burial was at Settlement Cemetery in Shirley.

Survivors include daughters Patsy Farris, Torrance, Ca. And Danna Hensley, Clinton, Ark.; grandchildren, Dr. Kyle Hensley and Karla Baker; 2 great grandsons.

PAUL NELSON BROWN
Chesterfield, Va. Resident

CHESTERFIELD, VA.-- Paul Nelson Brown died 28 Mar., at age 81.

Paul was a former resident of Urbanna, Va. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Meadowbrook First Ward (Mormon).

Survivors include his wife, Geneva S. Brown; daughter Jerrie A. Smith; sisters Corretta Mills and Minnie Lee Grogan; brother Carl Robert Brown; grandson Dolan M. Smith Jr.

WILLIAM DILLARD BROWN
Retired Air Force Colonel

OVIEDO, Fla.-- William Dillard Brown died 28 Mar., of heart failure after a long illness, aged 83.

William served 28 years in the US Air Force and retired in 1960 with the rank of colonel. He was stationed at Hickham Air Force Base in Hawaii when he was transferred to the Orlando area, where he became the base executive officer of the Orlando Air Force Base until his retirement.

William had several passions: his military service, his collection of orchids and his family. While stationed in Hawaii, he became an avid orchid grower.

"We started with a few (orchids) and then a few more. By the time we left Hawaii four years later, Daddy had about 12,000 orchid plants," said his daughter, Sandra Joyner.

When the family moved to Oviedo in 1960, he shipped the 12,000 orchids to his new home and kept them indoors while he built a greenhouse. Just as he finished, Hurricane Donna struck the area and wiped out the greenhouse. Unfettered by such minor setbacks, he built another, even larger greenhouse. He and his wife of 59 years, Margie, began selling orchids door to door. Eventually, they supplied orchids to many central Florida florist shops.

His family said William was tough but tender. In his last words, as his family gathered around his hospital bed- side, he told his wife how pretty she was.

Survivors include his wife Margie; daughters Sandra Brown Joyner, Dothan, Al. and Jane Brown Thompson, North Lauderdale; four grandchildren.

GERTRUDE STOCTON BROWN
Arkansas Sales Clerk

PRESCOTT, Ark.--Gertrude Ellen Stocton Brown died at St. Michael's Hospital in Texarkana 1 June, aged 86.

Gertrude was a sales clerk with Sterling's Store and Sanduski's Gift Shop. She was a member of the First Assembly of God Church here.

Burial was in the Piney Grove Cemetery in Boughton, Ark.

Survivors include daughters Joyce Hooks and June Johnson, both of Prescott; sisters Opal Tarvin and Bessie Moser, both of North Little Rock, Ark.; brother Thurman Stocton, Bowie, Md.; 5 grandchildren; 6 great grandchildren.