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Daniel Donhue “Dan” Brown Sr.

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Daniel Donhue “Dan” Brown Sr.

Birth
Opp, Covington County, Alabama, USA
Death
18 Jun 2008 (aged 79)
Phenix City, Russell County, Alabama, USA
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Phenix City, Russell County, Alabama, USA Add to Map
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Dan, or Pa Pa, was the ninth of fourteen children born to Jeffie and Inerree (Grizzle) Brown. He and his siblings had a hard childhood working as the children of sharecroppers during the Depression. Pa Pa used to tell a story about his daddy nailing tin plates to the table, one for each person in the family. No one got a new plate until they'd sopped the heads off the nails. Pa Pa quit school after eighth grade to help full time with the farming. Several of the Brown siblings moved to Phenix City, Alabama in the 1940s to work in the textile mills. Dan worked for Lummus Industries for over 29 years until he had to retire due to health problems.

Dan married his wife Helen on 4 September 1948. They were married 59 years before he passed away. Dan and Helen lived in Phenix City and worked in the textile mills together. They were the parents of two children, a daughter and a son.

Pa Pa was a member of Auburn Heights Baptist Church in Phenix City. He always had a dog and a pick-up truck and kept a vegetable garden until he was no longer able. He gave good hugs and liked to tell of funny family moments that no one else could remember. He also liked Western movies and painted many a house in his time.

Dan Brown is loved, missed, and fondly remembered by his wife, two children, four grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, and many other friends and relatives.
Dan, or Pa Pa, was the ninth of fourteen children born to Jeffie and Inerree (Grizzle) Brown. He and his siblings had a hard childhood working as the children of sharecroppers during the Depression. Pa Pa used to tell a story about his daddy nailing tin plates to the table, one for each person in the family. No one got a new plate until they'd sopped the heads off the nails. Pa Pa quit school after eighth grade to help full time with the farming. Several of the Brown siblings moved to Phenix City, Alabama in the 1940s to work in the textile mills. Dan worked for Lummus Industries for over 29 years until he had to retire due to health problems.

Dan married his wife Helen on 4 September 1948. They were married 59 years before he passed away. Dan and Helen lived in Phenix City and worked in the textile mills together. They were the parents of two children, a daughter and a son.

Pa Pa was a member of Auburn Heights Baptist Church in Phenix City. He always had a dog and a pick-up truck and kept a vegetable garden until he was no longer able. He gave good hugs and liked to tell of funny family moments that no one else could remember. He also liked Western movies and painted many a house in his time.

Dan Brown is loved, missed, and fondly remembered by his wife, two children, four grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, and many other friends and relatives.

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  • Created by: Em
  • Added: Dec 6, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81642873/daniel_donhue-brown: accessed ), memorial page for Daniel Donhue “Dan” Brown Sr. (16 Dec 1928–18 Jun 2008), Find a Grave Memorial ID 81642873, citing Lakeview Memory Gardens, Phenix City, Russell County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Em (contributor 47670568).