Beckham County, OK - Obits: John Brown, 1917 11 Oct 2007 Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell) ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************ BROWN, JOHN (8 Mar 1917, Elk City Newspaper, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK): DEATH OF JOHN BROWN. Tuesday, March 6th, John Brown dropped dead at the home of his sister Mrs. J. R. Crow, eleven miles northwest of Elk City. When eating breakfast he said that he was not feeling well and a few minutes later while sitting by the stove he fell from the chair to the floor expiring immediately. His death was caused from heart trouble. Funeral services conducted by Rev. E. R. Houck, were held yesterday at the Crow home, and interment made at Grandview cemetery. Mr. Brown was born in Preston, Ill., in 1860 and has resided in Oklahoma for forty years. He leaves four sisters and two brothers.