Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Brown, Clyde R.  November 6, 1997
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News Star World - Nov 7, 1997
Clyde R. Brown
Mulheaern Funeral Home
Sterlington Road
Monroe, LA.

Services for Clyde R. Brown, prominent attorney of Monroe, will be held at 10 
a.m. Saturday, November 8, 1997 at Grace Episcopal Church with the Rev. 
Richard D. Cloud and the Rev. W. Bradley Trimble officiating. Burial will be 
in Riverview Cemetery under directions of Mulhearn Funeral Home, Sterlington 
Road, Monroe. Mr. Brown died Thursday, November 6, 1997 after a short illness.

Mr. Brown graduated from Louisiana State University in 1923 and received his 
law degree from the institution. He was admitted to the bar in 1923 and was 
associated with the late Alden T. Shotwell in the practice of law in Monroe. 
He continued as Senior Partner in the law firm of Shotwell, Brown and Sperry 
until his retirement in 1986. He was a pioneer in the practice of Louisiana 
Oil and Gas Law. Mr. Brown was a member of the Fourth District, Louisiana and 
American Bar Association. He was also a member of the Louisiana Law Institute 
at the time of its organization, and a fellow in the American College of Trial 
Lawyers.

He was a member of Grace Episcopal Church in Monroe, having served on the 
vestry for many terms. Mr. Brown was a past president of the Monroe Kiwanis 
Club and was instrumental in the joint effort of that organization, together 
with the Rotary and Lions Clubs in establishing Kiroli Park. He was also 
active with the Monroe Community Chest and served as president of that 
organization. Mr. Brown was one of the founders of Bayou DeSiard Country Club 
in Monroe, where he was a charter member and also a director. Other club 
affiliations include the Lotus Club, the Boston Club of New Orleans and the 
City Club of Baton Rouge. He was one of the organizers of First Federal 
Savings and Loan Association of Monroe, serving as its first president for 
many years and was chairman of its board of directors after relinquishing the 
position of president. Mr. Brown also was on the Executive Committee of 
Midcontinent Oil and Gas Association.

Survivors include one son, Randolph Brown and one daughter , Ann Brown 
Westrom, both of Monroe; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be James Brown, Edel F. Blanks, Jr. and grandsons. Memorials 
may be made to Grace Episcopal Church in Monroe.

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