Robert "Bobby" Brown, Obituary, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana Submitted by Kim Wise Source: Riser Funeral Home Date: September 2004 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Obituary of Mr. Robert E. "Bobby" Brown February 4, 2003 FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MR. ROBERT E. "BOBBY" BROWN, AGE 74, OF COLUMBIA WILL BE HELD 2PM TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2003 FROM THE COLUMBIA CHAPEL OF RISER FUNERAL HOME WITH THE REV. JACK MC KEITHEN OFFICIATING. INTERMENT WILL FOLLOW IN THE WELCOME HOME CEMETERY, AT GRAYSON. ROBERT EDGAR BROWN WAS BORN ON APRIL 23,1928 AT GRAYSON, LA. TO THE UNION OF HIS PARENTS THE LATE WILLIAM RIGGINS & ALLIE EMILINE DAVIS BROWN. HE PASSED FROM THIS LIFE ON SAT. FEB. 1, 2002 AT THE CALDWELL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN COLUMBIA FOLLOWING AN EXTENDED ILLNESS. KNOWN TO ALL HIS FRIENDS AS BOBBY, HE WAS KNOWN FOR HIS GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR, AND FOR HIS LOVE FOR EVERYONE HE MET. HE WAS A RETIRED FARMER, AND WAS A LIFELONG MUSICIAN TUNING HIS MUSICAL SKILLS FROM AROUND THE EARLY AGE OF THREE. HE WROTE & COMPOSED MANY SONGS IN HIS 74 YEARS AND TRULY WAS BLESSED WITH A GOD GIVEN TALENT FOR HIS ABILITY TO PLAY JUST ABOUT ANY INSTURMENT. HIS FAVORITES INCLUDED THE PIANO, GUITAR, AND FRENCH HARP(HARMONICA). HE SHARED HIS MUSICAL TALENTS WITH HIS ENTIRE COMMUNITY HAVING PERFORMED VOLUNTEER WORK AT THE LOCAL NURSING HOMES & COUNCIL ON AGING. MR. BROWN ALSO SERVED HIS COUNTRY DURING THE KOREAN CONFLICT. IN THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES. HE WILL BE TRULY MISSED BY ALL WHO KNEW & LOVED HIM.HE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS BROTHERS & SISTERS: SAMUEL E. BROWN, LUCILLE GUNN KIDD, WILLIAM E. BROWN, THOMAS EUGENE BROWN, CLARA GERTRUDE BROWN WEEKS, AND GEORGE ELTON BROWN. SURVIVORS INCLUDE: HIS WIFE: MRS. MARY BROWN OF COLUMBIA. 2 SONS: MAX BROWN & ALLEN BROWN BOTH OF COLUMBIA. DAUGHTER: MRS. SALLEY MARCANTEL OF DRY CREEK, LA. HIS SISTER: MRS. DELMA "DE DEE" LAMBERT KERN OF MESQUITE, TEXAS. VISITATION FOR MONDAY FEB. 3 WILL BE FROM 2:30PM UNTIL 9PM AT THE RISER FUNERAL HOME, 7131 US HWY 165, COLUMBIA, LA. TUESDAY VISITATION 9AM UNTIL TIME OF SERVICE.