Obituaries:  Miss Mary Brown, Sabine Parish       B-650
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., May 3, 1940
Submitted by: Tammy Larche-Smith
              tammy@cp-tel.net


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The Sabine Index - Miss Mary Brown

  3 May 1940 - The funeral of "Miss Mary" Brown, as she was
affectionately known, wife of J. C. B Brown was held at the Pleasant
Hill Methodist church on Friday the 19th with Rev. D. L. Dykes of
Natchitoches officiating, assisted by the pastor, Rev. W. M. Beadle,
and the Baptist pastor, Rev. F. A. Roberts, with the following
pallbearers:  Herbert Mosely, Bus, Bridges, Will Freeman, C. V.
Litton, G. H. Yearwood and Sam Darnell.  Honorary pallbearers:
Louis Murry, P. B. Aldredge, Rev. Webb Ross and Leroy Davis.

  Mrs. Brown has been a shut-in for the last seven years, but even in
this time she was constantly thinking of doing some good to help some
one else, and by her cheerful disposition her friends always found
pleasure in visiting her.  She was a devoted member of the Methodist
church since young womanhood, was a great worker in the missionary
society and up until the time of her sickness was zone leader of this
district and it was with sorrow she had to give up the work.  For the
past several years she has reserved the right to arrange the baskets
of flowers for the church and never did she fail in doing this act to
beautify the house of worship.  She loved to attend and many
expressions of admiration as to who artistically this was done even
when she was unable to be up.

  Mrs. Brown was the daughter of a pioneer Sabine officer, Jehu
Graham, and received her education at Fort Jesup college, of which
her father was connected.  She had been married to J. C. Brown for
45 years and the husband with the following children survive her:
J. C. Brown, Jr., of Greenwood, Ind.; Wilder Brown of Jackson, Miss.;
Hartley Brown of Chilton, Texas; Everett Brown of Houston, Texas,;
Mrs. Leslie Prothro of Longview, Texas; eight grandchildren of which
Miss Hazel Bankston of Longview, Texas is the eldest, besides a large
circle of friends who greatly mourn her passing.

  After all earthly power was done for her recovery, we feel that her
life's work was ended and she had just gone on before to her reward.
To her husband and children we would point to them her beautiful
Christian life that should beckon them to follow the Guide in whom
she trusted even to the end.

  Beneath a beautiful. canopy of rare flowers she was laid to rest in
the cemetery at Pleasant Hill by the side of her beloved daughter who
preceded her by a few years.  The funeral was beautifully conducted by
the Drewitt funeral home.