Joseph Monroe Brown
Obituary
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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