2 Obits of Virdie Catherine Brown - Grady County, Oklahoma

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The Chickasha Star-Express
27 August 2000

Virdie Catherine Brown

Graveside service for Virdie Catherine Brown, 90, of Chickasha, will be at 2 
p.m. Monday, Aug. 28, 2000, in Fairlawn Cemetery.

Brown was born on April 1, 1910. She died on Aug. 26, 2000.


Submitted by Sandi Carter

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The Chickasha Star-Express
29 August 2000

Virdie Catherine Brown

Graveside service for Virdie Catherine Brown, age 90 of Chickasha was held at 
200 p.m. on Monday, August 28, 2000, in the Fairlawn Cemetery. Rev. Edward 
Whitley officiated.

Virdie was born the daughter of John Long and Ada Jane Newman Long on April 
1, 1910, in Binger, Oklahoma. She died on August 26, 2000, in Chickasha.

Virdie grew up in the Gracemont and Anadarko area. She later moved to 
Chickasha where she lived most of her life. Virdie was a loving mother and 
grandmother who spent her life taking care of her family. She also loved to 
crochet.

Virdie was preceded in death by her parents, eight brothers, one sister, and 
her son, Arbie Clayton Long.
She is survived by a son and his wife, Harry J. and Blanche Long of 
Chickasha; son, Raymond Brown of Chickasha; daughter, Dorothy Stevens of 
Verden; daughter, Mary Jo Long of Chickasha; sister, Mary Baggett of 
Chickasha; six grandchildren, twelve great grandchildren, six great great 
grandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews including local residents, 
Juanita Box and Helen Marshall.

Services were under the direction of the McRay Funeral Home.