Grady County GaArchives Obituaries.....Browne, Thomas Jefferson June 13 1919
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The Cairo Messenger, Friday, June 20, 1919
T. Jeff Browne Died In Atlanta Last Saturday
Death Came As Shock To Friends Who Thought Him Improving

The news on Friday, June 13th, of the death of Thomas Jefferson Browne, from 
the Weseley Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, where he had been confined for seven 
weeks, being treated for abscess of the liver, came as a shock to our town, and 
especially to the numerous friends and relatives, who were encouraged into 
believing that his improvement, tho gradual, was sure.  The immediate cause of 
his death was a blood clot on the brain.

The remains were brought to Cairo for interment and were conveyed from the 
station at 11 o'clock, to the home of the late George A. Wight, where they lay 
until the funeral hour.  The services were held at the Methodist church, the 
church of his boyhood days, at four o'clock Saturday afternoon.  They were 
conducted by Rev. J. B. Wight, assisted by the pastor, J. G. Christian.

Jeff Brown was born in Cairo, 41 years ago on July 5th, at what was then the 
old Powell home, but now owned by Mrs. Maxie Poulk.  Jeff has always seemed a 
part of us and his many friends have never become reconciled to his removal to 
Edison, seven years ago, where he became a member of the firm of Browne-McGehee 
Hardware Company.

His parents died when he was very young.  His father, in fact, died with heart 
failure, a few months before his birth, and his mother passed away when he was 
only four years of age.  This left him with his grandmother, with whom he lived 
for about five years.  Upon her death, he went to the home of his aunt, Mrs. 
George A. Wight.

The home of his aunt proved an ideal one for "little Jeff" as he was known 
then, and it was here, perhaps, that the high ideals were formed which 
characterized him all thru his life.  He was always noted for his firmness and 
rugged business honesty, and, often, he has been spoken of as the "perfect 
little gentleman."

He was co-founder of the local firm, Wight and Browne, druggists, which firm 
still bears his name.

He was married on March 31st, 1909 to Miss Lena Mae Harris, who has proven her 
loyalty as a true wife and she is left to mourn the loss of a real companion.

After moving to Edison, he joined the Presbyterian Church with his wife and 
they worked faithfully in the church.  In Edison, he made many real friends.  
This was proven by the large number who attended his funeral last Saturday.

During the funeral services, a citizen of Edison, Mr. J. E. Harvin, voluntarily 
asked to show in some way, the high esteem in which Mr. Browne was held by the 
people of Edison.  Mr. Harvin, in his remarks, paid a splendid tribute to the 
high moral and Christian character of Mr. Browne.

Mr. Browne is survived by a wife, three-half brothers, Henry and Ed Lee Browne, 
of Macon, and Rev. Shade Browne of the South Georgia Methodist Conference.

Among those from Edison who attended the services here were: Mr. and Mrs. T. O. 
Lawrence, and son, Will; Dr. and Mrs. J. S. Beard; Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Manry; 
Hon. And Mrs. H. T. Singleton; L. M. Killingsworth; Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Shepard 
and son, Jim; Mrs. C. C. Weaver; C. S. Sealy; Mr. and Mrs. M. R. McGehee; D. C. 
Lewis; C. F. Smith; W. D. Scott and A. M. Lane.    


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