Kern County CA Archives Obituaries.....Brown , Gene Morris November 22, 2005 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: K T bluewolf@onemain.com November 26, 2005, 1:52 pm The Bakersfield Californian Brown, Gene Morris 1916 - 2005 Gene Morris Brown June 4, 1916 - November 22, 2005 Services: Wed., Nov. 30, 11:30 a.m. Chapel services will be held for Gene Morris Brown Wednesday, November 30, 2005, at 11:30 a.m., at Hillcrest Memorial Park & Mortuary. Public visitation will be Tuesday, November 29, 2005, from 4-8 p.m., also at Hillcrest. Gene Brown was 89. He was born June 4, 1916, in Lebonon, Missouri. His family moved to Fillmore, California where he grew up. While living there he met and married his wife, Mildred Evelyn Palmer of Oxnard, California. Gene served in the Army during WWII with the Asiatic Pacific Campaign stationed in India. After his honorable discharge on June 2, 1946 he moved to Bakersfield and was employed by Pacific Telephone & Telegraph. He became the 1st recipient of the Silver Veil Award presented by the Telephone Company in 1952. He retired from Pacific Bell with 30 years service. Gene and his wife are members of the Calvary Bible Church. He was also a member of the Caledonia Masonic Order and the Scottish Rite. Gene is survived by his wife of 69 years, Mildred E. Brown; his daughter, Lana DeMond and husband, Ray DeMond; and his two grandsons, Brandon Gene Lester and Clinton Brent Lester, all of Bakersfield. He was a very loving son, husband, dad and grandpa. He will be truly missed. Legacy.com Published in the Bakersfield Californian on 11/26/2005. Additional Comments: Volunteer submission - No relation to deceased No other information available from submitter. Obituaries http://www.legacy.com/bakersfield/LegacyHome.asp File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/kern/obits/b/brown983gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/cafiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb