Clay County AlArchives Obituaries.....Brown, Clyde F.  July 23, 1954
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Ashland Progress
Clyde Farmer Brown was born Feb. 18, 1909 in the rural section of Clay County 
and departed this life shortly before the stroke of midnight on July 23 at the 
age of 45 years. He was the son the late W. J. P. and Mattie Campbell Brown. He 
spent most of his entire life in Clay County. He attended Clay County High 
School. He was graduated from Jacksonville State Teachers College and later 
received a M. S. degree from API, Auburn. He taught in the schools of this 
county for 16 years. He enlisted in the U. S. Air Force in May 1942 and served 
as radio operator on a plane until his discharge in Sept. 1945. He was married 
to the former Willie Pearl Kelley in 1946. To this union was born 2 children. 
They established a home in the western part of Ashland and with the 
establishment of a home he professed his faith in Christ, was baptized and 
remained true in his faith until his death. His last days were spent remembering 
his many blessings. Although a young man, he realized his time had come and he 
was not afraid to go. Funeral services were held at Ashland Baptist Church on 
July 25th, at 3:00, with Bro. Rex Turner, President of Alabama Christian 
College, Montgomery, officiating, assisted by Rev. Webb Brooks and Judge W. B. 
Nolen. Blair Funeral Home Directing. Interment was in Pleasant Grove Church of 
Christ cemetery where he was a member. He is survived by his wife, one son, 
Walton Brown, a daughter, Helen Brown, 3 brothers, W. J. P. and Hubert, of 
Ashland; John A. of Sylacauga; Four sisters, Miss Lena Brown and Mrs. R. L. 
Mann, Ashland, Mrs. T. H. Rozelle, Sylacauga, and Mrs. Mancel Carpenter, 
Lineville. Active pallbearers were VFW Comrades: O. L. Jordan, W. L. Moore Fred 
Willis, O. B. Pruet, C. M. Pruet and Kiffin Browning. Honorary pallbearers were 
Herbert Dick, W. Z. Hassell, Howard Shultz, Pete Mathews, Louis Moore, Leon 
Barker, Smith Thomas, D. H. White, M. G. Satterfield, Ledford Smith, Edgar Wynn, 
and Dr. Geo. Beale. The floral offerings and the crowd that gathered to pay 
tribute bore out the testimony of his life which was one of patience, kindness, 
honesty, and respect for his fellow man.

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