TERREBONNE and LAFOURCHE Parishes, La. OBITUARIY for BROWN, DAVID Submitted by: Louis Lavedan Source: Jones Funeral Home, Inc., Houma, La. Died: Thursday, September 24, 2015 ============================================================================= Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.shtml ============================================================================= BROWN, DAVID August 7, 1936 ~ September 24, 2015 (age 79) ========== A photo is available for this file. Please go to http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafourche/obits/dateobits/2015/f1509.htm and click on the name of interest. ========== David Brown, 79, a native of Terrebonne Parish and a resident of Houma, passed away peacefully at 8:03 a.m. on Thursday, September 24, 2015 at AMG Specialty Hospital. Visitation will begin at 4:00 p.m. followed by a "Celebration of Life" program at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, October 2, 2015 at the church. Visitation will resume at 9:00 a.m. until funeral time. The funeral will be at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 3, 2015 at New St. Matthews Baptist Church located at 3966 Highway 311 in Houma, LA 70360 with Pastor Vincent Fusilier, Sr. officiating. Burial will follow in Crescent Farm Cemetery. He is survived by his wife of 57 years Margaret Johnson Brown; sons, Andrew Matthews and Byron Jermaine Brown, Sr.; daughters, Joan Marie Staidum, Jean Marie Brown and Deirdre (Troy) James; twelve grandchildren; one great-grandson; one brother, Willie (Ann) Brown; and a host of other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by one son, David Brown, Jr.; parents, James and Beulah Durkins-Brown; brothers, Clarence and Joseph Brown; sisters, Vivian Ethel Myles, Daisy B. Short, Macedonia Brown and Willie Mae Harvey; grandparents, James and Martha Brown; and in-laws, Earl, Sr. and Zenobia Johnson. Arrangements have been entrusted to Jones Funeral Home of Houma. ======================