Crisp-Dooly-Telfair County GaArchives Obituaries.....Brown, Ben J. December 11, 1978
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Cordele Dispatch December 13, 1978
Funeral services for Ben J. Brown who died Monday in Crisp County hospital will be 
held Thursday at 2:30 p.m. from the St. James Baptist Church in Cordele Georgia.  
Elder E.J. Williams will officiate, and the burial will be in Bethel Cemetery.  
The body will lie in state from 11 a.m. and there will be no viewing of the 
remains after the service.  Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Ester Brown of Cordele; 
two foster daughters, Mrs. Margie Hamm, Cordele and Mrs. Bobbie N. James, Albany; 
three sisters, Mrs. Matilda Cannady, Mrs. Lovie Sanders, and Mrs. Mattie Bell 
Lawrence all of Cordele; one brother , Frizell Brown, Cordele; and a number of 
other relatives.  J.W. Williams Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.

Additional Comments:
Ben J. Brown is the sister of my grandmother Mattie Bell Lawrence.  Their 
parents name was Ben J. Brown Sr. and Maggie Brown. No information is known 
about their mother.  She was accidently murdered when the children were young 
and their father Ben J. Brown Sr. side of the family raised them. They were all 
born in Georgia around the Dooly, Crisp, Pulaski, and Telfair counties. The 
children's grandmother (paternal) name is Miltida Brown 1839-1948. Her body is 
laid to rest in the Davis Chapel C.M.E. Church Cemetery, located in Arabi, Ga. 
Her other children, which is Ben J. Brown Jr. uncles and aunt are also laid to 
rest in the cemetery.

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