Obit of Brown Sr., Joy Earl - Garfield County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Gene Phillips 16 Oct 2005 Return to Garfield County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/garfield/garfield.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Brown Sr., Joy Earl 1919 - 2005 Joy Earl Brown Sr., 86, a loving and devoted husband and father, passed away Monday, June 6, 2005, at home. Funeral: 10 a.m. Saturday at Arlington Presbyterian Church. Burial: Moore Memorial Gardens in Arlington. Visitation: Friday at Arlington Funeral Home. Memorials: Arlington Persbyterian Church, 1320 West Pioneer Parkway, Arlington, Texas 76013; or Salvation Army, 1855 East Lancaster Ave., Fort Worth, Texas 76103. Mr. Brown was born Jan. 22, 1919, in Oklahoma City, Okla., to Beulah and James Brown. He graduated from Enid High School, Enid, Okla., as president of the student body in 1936. Joy won an appointment to and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1942, and the U.S. Naval Academy postgraduate school in 1945. He served in the Pacific theater during World War II and in the Korean War. He served with the U.S. Navy for 24 years, retiring with the rank of commander in 1962. He married Jean M. Stuart of Enid, Okla., in 1942. After retiring from the Navy, the aerospace industry became the focus of his engineering career, with positions with Lockheed and Boeing, working on the Saturn V Apollo programs. He concluded his successful professional career in 1985, after a 13-year engagement with Employers Insurance of Texas. He attended Arlington Presbyterian Church. He was a member of Senior Men's Club of Arlington and Lone Star Officers Club. He was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Jimmy Brown. Survivors: Loving wife of 62 years, Jean M. Brown of Arlington; children, Joy E. Brown Jr. of Bradley, Calif., Phyllis Jean Guess of Arlington, Richard Stuart Brown, also of Arlington, and Steven D. Brown of Tyler; grandchildren, Catherine A. Duimstra of Manhattan Beach, Calif., Julie R. Brown of San Diego, Calif., Brian A. Guess, Shelley J. Guess of Arlington and Stuart A. Brown of Tyler. Published in the Star-Telegram on 6/9/2005. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Garfield County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/garfield/garfield.html