Randolph County AlArchives Obituaries.....Brown, Benjamin Hillard "Hill" February 18, 1967 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Phillip Davis phillipd07@bellsouth.net January 20, 2011, 11:33 pm "The Randolph Press" Newspaper in Wedowee, Randolph County, Alabama; Thursday, February 23, 1967, p. 4 Mr. Benjamin Hill Brown Dies At The Age Of 77 Mr. Benjamin Hill Brown, age 77, of Route 1, Graham, passed away on Saturday, February 18th. Mr. Brown was born in Randolph County on April 24, 1889, and was the son of the late John and Kesiah Lewis Brown. He had been a lifelong resident of this area and was a member of the Providence Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Savannah Brown, Route 1, Graham; six daughters, Mrs. D.W. Crenshaw, Route 2, Wedowee, Mrs. George Sears, Bowdon, Ga., Mrs. Ellis West, Route 2, Wedowee, Mrs. Helton Daniel, LaGrange, Ga., Mrs. Monroe Henderson, Route 2, Woodland, and Mrs. Virgil Whitman, Route 2, Bowdon, Ga.; one son, Ezra Brown of Route 2, Bowdon, Ga., thirty-six grandchildren; twenty-nine great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Lena Daniel, Route 1, Woodland, and a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services for Mr. Brown were held Sunday, February 19, at 2:00 p.m. from the Providence Baptist Church with the Rev. Guy Rogers and the Rev. Hollis Chambers officiating. Music was under the direction of Woodrow Thompson. Interment was in the church cemetery with Wynn Funeral Home of Bowdon, Ga., in charge of arrangements. Grandsons of the deceased served as active pallbearers. Additional Comments: Brothers and Sisters of Benjamin Hillard "Hill" Brown William S. Brown who is buried in Big Springs Baptist Church Cemetery, Omaha, Randolph County, Alabama; Henry Thomas "Tom" Brown who is buried in Providence Baptist Church Cemetery, Lamar, Randolph County, Alabama; Gena Gertrude Brown Noles who is buried in Providence Baptist Church Cemetery, Lamar, Randolph County, Alabama; John Wesley Brown who is buried in Big Springs Baptist Church Cemtery, Omaha, Randolph County, Alabama; Samuel Elic Brown who is buried in Providence Baptist Church Cemetery, Lamar, Randolph County, Alabama; Robert "Bob" Jackson Brown who is buried in Providence Baptist Church Cemetery, Lamar, Randolph County, Alabama; Hiram Andrew S. Brown who is buried in Providence Baptist Church Cemetery, Lamar, Randolph County, Alabama; James Brown; Lena Ellen Brown Daniel who is buried in Providence Baptist Church Cemetery, Lamar, Randolph County, Alabama; and Millard Coleman Brown who is buried in West Napolean Church of Christ, Napolean, Randolph County, Alabama. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/randolph/obits/b/brown321nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/alfiles/ File size: 3.0 Kb