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Joseph Monroe Brown

5 Aug 1887 – 8 Nov 1970

Birth	5 Aug 1887
Death	8 Nov 1970
Cemetery	Carroll Springs Cemetery Athens , Henderson County , Texas , USA
Added by	Mary Ward on 22 Mar 2011
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59562752

Bio

Athens Review November 9,1970 J. M. Brown Dies Sunday; Rites Tuesday Joseph Monroe Brown, 83, Athens, a former employee of the Knox Glass Co. at Palestine, died Sunday at 6:20 p.m. in Memorial Hospital after a long illness. A native of Henderson County, Mr. Brown lived most of his life in the Bois D'Arc community in Anderson County. He moved to Athens three years ago. He was a member of the Methodist church. Services will be held Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock at the Carroll Springs Methodist Church under the direction of the Hassell and Foster Funeral Home. Burial will be at Carroll Springs. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers. The Rev. D. M. Chapman will be the officiating minister. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Cora Welch Brown of Athens; one son, Alton Brown of Palestine; two daughters, Mrs. Earl Wardell of Palestine and Mrs. W. J. Valentine of Athens; three brothers, W. J. Brown of Palestine, John H. Warren of Tyler, and Earl Lee Warren of Tyler; four sisters, Mrs. Edith Price of Springfield, Mrs. Myrtle Thompson of Nacogdoches, Mrs. Irellene Bristow of Pearland and Mrs. Ethel Holt of Weatherford. Also 10 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.

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Family

Parents

• Julia Cornelia Earl Ward 1871–1925

Spouse

• Cora Isabell Welch Brown 1885–1980 FaG

Siblings

• Willie Jefferson Brown 1892–1975
• Walter O. Brown 1895–1939
• Earl Lee Ward 1911–1983

Children

• Alton Wallace Brown Sr 1908–1984 FaG
• Maggie B. Brown Wardell 1912–2001 FaG
• Vivian I Valentine 1914–2010 FaG
• Julia B. Brown Richardson 1917–1958 FaG

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