Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Brown, Thomas E., 1966 

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THOMAS EDWARD BROWN 

   SEDLEY - A funeral service for Thomas Edward Brown was conducted Monday at 
3 p.m. in W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral Home by the Rev. C.L. Gatlin of 
Black Creek Baptist Church.  Burial was in Southampton Memorial Park*, 
Franklin.

   Pallbearers were Robert Gray, Roy Brooks, Billy Wade, Frank Hyner, George 
(Top) Hedgepeth, Moody Mumford [sic; Munford], Fenton Bryant and R.W. Bailey.

   Brown, 55, died Friday afternoon in a hospital.

   A native of Southampton County*, he was a son of B.B. and Mrs. Lizzie 
Johnson Brown and the husband of Mrs. Mary Turner Brown.  He was a member of 
Sedley Baptist Church.

   Besides his wife, he is survived by a son, Army S.Sgt. Thomas Edward Brown 
Jr. of Hawaii; five sisters, Mrs. Luna Wells of Petersburg, Mrs. Vera Crumpler 
and Mrs. Elizabeth Chappel of Windsor, and Mrs. Alease Warren and Mrs. Rose 
Warren of Smithfield; and two brothers, Skidler Brown of Sedley and Quincey 
Brown of Smithfield.

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Southampton Native Died Friday; Buried in Franklin Cemetery 

  Thomas Edward Brown, 55, of Sedley, died Friday, November 23, in a hospital.

  A native of Southampton County*, he was a son of B.B. and Mrs. Lizzie 
Johnson Brown and the husband of Mrs. Mary Turner Brown. 

  He was a member of Sedley Baptist Church and the Woodmen of the World.

  Besides his wife, he is survived by a son, Army S. Sgt. Thomas Edward Brown, 
Jr. of Hawaii; five sisters, Mrs. Luna Wells of Colonial Heights, Mrs. Vera 
Crumpler and Mrs. Elizabeth Chapman of Windsor, and Mrs. Alease Warren and 
Mrs. Rose Warren of Smithfield; and two brothers, Skidler Brown of Sedley and 
Quincy Brown of Smithfield; and two grandchildren.

  Funeral services were conducted at 3 p.m. in the W.J.M. Holland Funeral Home 
by Rev. Claud Gatling. 

  Burial was in Southampton Memorial Park Cemetery*, Franklin.  Pallbearers 
were Ray Brooks, Billy Wade, Fenton Bryant, George Hedgepeth, Moody Mumford 
[sic; Munford], Robert Gray, W.P. Newsomes, and Frank Hayner.


Thomas Edward BROWN (Sr.), St. Regis employee, 
b. 11 Sep 1911, Southampton Co.*, d. 25 Nov 1966, Franklin, age 55, 
marked in Rosemont Cemetery*, Sedley, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Thurs., Dec. 1, 1966, p. 15; 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Dec. 1, 1966, p. 1, col. 4 

*Additional information: 

Marked with widow in Rosemont, rather than Southampton Memorial Park. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Rosemont list (S-12): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/rosemont.txt 

Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. 66-030619, which gives b. South Carolina, sn/o 
   Bug And Lizzie Mae (Johnson) Brown. 

His parents, Bugg B. & Lizzie Mae (JOHNSON) BROWN, are buried in 
   Mill Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery.  Isle of Wight County Historical 
   Society {IWCHS} Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} #55: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

Find a Grave Mem. #104275975 gives Edward Bugg BROWN. 

The family appears in the 1920 Census - all b. VA - on Rented Farm #71, 
   Wakefield Rd., Berlin & Ivor Dist., Southampton Co. 


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