Obituaries: Edgar Brown, 1982, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: December 22, 1982 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Edgar Brown

Funeral services for Mr. Edgar Brown, age 61, of Campti, La., were held
Saturday at 10 a.m. at Wellman Funeral Chapel.  Rev. Frank Stringman, pastor
of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, Mt. Pleasant, Texas, officiated.  Burial was
in Forest Park West Cemetery.

He died Wednesday, December 15, 1982 at Veterans Administration Medical
Center following a lengthy illness.

He was a native of Winnfield, the son of the late Louzettie Holmes Brown and
James Albert Brown, and the grandson of the late Mrs. Joseph Holmes, 419 West
Lafayette Street, Winnfield, where he resided until he graduated from
Winnfield High School.

Prior to living in Campti, Louisiana for two years, Mr. Brown had resided in
Shreveport, La., for 25 years.  He was a retired food salesman for Lone Star
Institutional Food.  He was a Baptist and veteran of World War II.

He is survived by his wife, Doris Hearne Brown of Campti; and three sons,
Thomas Brown, James Brown, both of Shreveport, and Randy Brown of Keithville,
La.; and three grandchildren.

Also he is survived by his aunt, Mrs. Frances Holmes Wheeler of Winnfield.