Creek Indian Nation - OBIT:  Mary Tiger Brown
Creek Citizens from across Creek Nation

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   OKbits File Muscogee Nation News
   Creek citizens from across Creek Nation 
   
   BROWN
   TAHLEQUAH - Mary Tiger BROWN was born August 23, 1943, in the Indian
   Health Services hospital in Tahlequah. She died January 20, 1992, at a
   local hospital. Funeral services were held January 23 at the
   Reed-Culver Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. Doug WILLIAMS officiating.
   Pallbearers were the Tahlequah Veterans Council. Interment was in the
   Tahlequah City Cemetery.
   She grew up in Kansas City, KS, and received her Bachelor’s and
   Master’s degrees from Northeastern State University in Tahlequah.
   She was a recipient of the American Indian Merit Award while at NSU.
   She was an active painter and received several awards from the Five
   Civilized Tribes Museum in Muskogee. She taught art at Tahlequah
   Junior High School, working with youth in the public school system and
   in Cherokee Nation programs. She was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary
   of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Tahlequah.
   She was the daughter of Amos and Muriel Green TIGER. She was preceded
   in death by her step-father, George HENRY; and a brother, Max G.
   TIGER. She is survived by her mother, Muriel HENRY of Tahlequah, and
   her father, Amos TIGER of Okmulgee; a son, Walter “Doobie”
   BROWN, Jr., of Tahlequah; a grandson, Timothy Tiger BROWN of
   Westville; two sisters, Dolores WALL of Okmulgee, and Susie SANDERS of
   Tahlequah; and a brother, Tecumseh TIGER of Sand Springs.