Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Brown, James Christopher February 14, 1960
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Norfolk Journal and Guide, Feb 20,1960
James Christopher Brown, 68, of 1002 A South street, Portsmouth, well known 
vocalist and veteran employee of the Norfolk Navy YMCA, who died Sunday night in 
a local hospital after a short illness, was buried Wednesday in Mt. Olive 
Cemetery, Norfolk.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. at Fisher Funeral Home.  The Rev. Eldo 
Roberts, assistant pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church, Norfolk, officiated.

A native of Portsmouth, Mr. Brown was the son of Morris and Mrs. Diana Brown.  
He had been a choral singer for about 30 years, and was employed 36 years as 
housekeeper at the YMCA.

He sang a number of years with some widely known choral groups, including the 
old Excelsior Quartet of this area;  the Peerless Jubilee Singers of 
Philadelphia with whom he traveled in the early twenties, and the Hiram Simmons 
Glee Club of Portsmouth.  He was also at one time soloist at a local radio 
station.

His survivors are his wife, Mrs. Edna Brown, and three sisters.


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Mt. Olive Cemetery

not on cemetery listing

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