Freestone County, Texas Obituaries Houston Chronicle December 21, 1991; Page: 38 Deceased Name: Chronicle ME's mother, 80, dies Ida Frances Walker Brown of Waco, mother of Houston Chronicle Managing Editor Tony Pederson, died Friday. She is survived by her husband, John W. Brown of Waco, and three other children, Lloyd E. Pederson of Los Angeles, Ed Pederson of Waco and Frances Jordan of Waxahachie, Texas. Brown, 80, was born in Wortham, Texas. She moved with late husband Lloyd M. Pederson to Waco from Bosque County in Central Texas after the Great Depression. She was a member of Sparks Memorial Methodist Church. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Wilkerson & Hatch in Waco.