Obit of Brown, Robert Grady - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 24 Dec 2006 Return to Roger Mills County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== ::NOT LISTED Surnames: Brown Originally posted at: http:\\boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/6943 The body of Robert Grady Brown, Michigan City, Ind., Negro, was found about noon Sunday on the North Fork of Red river near Carter on the A.Y. Britton farm about seven miles southeast of Sayre. Britton and his son, Wallace, found the body of Brown lying on a sandbar. The body was very badly decomposed, attendants at the Scroggins Funeral home, where the body is now, said today. Two Elk City men found the 1941 Pontiac that Brown was driving when the vehicle plunged off the washed out section of the North Fork of Red River bridge at 4 a.m. Friday, May 18, 1951. Charles McCulley and Bill Word found the vehicle in the main river channel about 12:30 p.m. Sunday about 3-4 miles east of the river bridge. Only about one and one-half feet of the top was showing above the river when the men found the car. Cutting through the top luggage, electric sewing machine and other items were found in the car. The trunk of the car could not be opened Sunday. The body of Mrs. Brown was found on a sand bar about a mile east of Sayre on May 19, 1951. Later on Monday the billfold of Brown was found with identification papers. The couple were recently married and were enroute to Michigan City, Indian, where he is employed with a railroad company. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 31-May-1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Roger Mills Archives http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html