Columbus was born in Winn Parish, LA to Thomas J. and Mary A. Brown. He married Dora Robison. Their daughters, Vada Brown and Etha Brown Walston, are buried in Garden of Memories. Dora died in 1915 and is buried in Garden of Memories. C. W. died in Nacogdoches Co, TX and is buried beside his second wife, Grace Ellis Brown. Their sons, C. W. Brown Jr. and Henderson Brown, and their daughters, Gloria B. Brown and Laverne Brown Rogers, are also buried in Garden of Memories.
OBITUARY: Palestine (TX) Herald-Press, Friday, 14 November 1947:
Funeral services were held in the Elkhart Methodist Church at 3 p.m. Friday for Columbus W. Brown, 67, for Anderson County resident and father of Mrs. Tony Walston of Palestine.
Mr. Brown, a resident of San Augustine, died in a Nacogdoches hospital Thursday morning following a heart attack.
Services were conducted by the Rev. Carl Reynolds of Houston, assisted by the Rev. Reisner of San Augustine.
Mr. Brown is survived by his widow, Mrs. C. W. Brown, San Augustine; three daughters, Mrs. Walston, Palestine; Mrs. Laverne Moore, San Augustine, and Miss Ruth Brown, San Augustine; one brother, Tom Brown, Elkhart; two sisters, Mrs. Etta Griffin and Mrs. Annie Martin, Louisiana, and three grandchildren.
OBITUARY: Palestine (TX) Herald-Press, Friday, 14 November 1947:
Funeral services were held in the Elkhart Methodist Church at 3 p.m. Friday for Columbus W. Brown, 67, for Anderson County resident and father of Mrs. Tony Walston of Palestine.
Mr. Brown, a resident of San Augustine, died in a Nacogdoches hospital Thursday morning following a heart attack.
Services were conducted by the Rev. Carl Reynolds of Houston, assisted by the Rev. Reisner of San Augustine.
Mr. Brown is survived by his widow, Mrs. C. W. Brown, San Augustine; three daughters, Mrs. Walston, Palestine; Mrs. Laverne Moore, San Augustine, and Miss Ruth Brown, San Augustine; one brother, Tom Brown, Elkhart; two sisters, Mrs. Etta Griffin and Mrs. Annie Martin, Louisiana, and three grandchildren.
Columbus was born in Winn Parish, LA to Thomas J. and Mary A. Brown. He married Dora Robison. Their daughters, Vada Brown and Etha Brown Walston, are buried in Garden of Memories. Dora died in 1915 and is buried in Garden of Memories. C. W. died in Nacogdoches Co, TX and is buried beside his second wife, Grace Ellis Brown. Their sons, C. W. Brown Jr. and Henderson Brown, and their daughters, Gloria B. Brown and Laverne Brown Rogers, are also buried in Garden of Memories.
OBITUARY: Palestine (TX) Herald-Press, Friday, 14 November 1947:
Funeral services were held in the Elkhart Methodist Church at 3 p.m. Friday for Columbus W. Brown, 67, for Anderson County resident and father of Mrs. Tony Walston of Palestine.
Mr. Brown, a resident of San Augustine, died in a Nacogdoches hospital Thursday morning following a heart attack.
Services were conducted by the Rev. Carl Reynolds of Houston, assisted by the Rev. Reisner of San Augustine.
Mr. Brown is survived by his widow, Mrs. C. W. Brown, San Augustine; three daughters, Mrs. Walston, Palestine; Mrs. Laverne Moore, San Augustine, and Miss Ruth Brown, San Augustine; one brother, Tom Brown, Elkhart; two sisters, Mrs. Etta Griffin and Mrs. Annie Martin, Louisiana, and three grandchildren.
OBITUARY: Palestine (TX) Herald-Press, Friday, 14 November 1947:
Funeral services were held in the Elkhart Methodist Church at 3 p.m. Friday for Columbus W. Brown, 67, for Anderson County resident and father of Mrs. Tony Walston of Palestine.
Mr. Brown, a resident of San Augustine, died in a Nacogdoches hospital Thursday morning following a heart attack.
Services were conducted by the Rev. Carl Reynolds of Houston, assisted by the Rev. Reisner of San Augustine.
Mr. Brown is survived by his widow, Mrs. C. W. Brown, San Augustine; three daughters, Mrs. Walston, Palestine; Mrs. Laverne Moore, San Augustine, and Miss Ruth Brown, San Augustine; one brother, Tom Brown, Elkhart; two sisters, Mrs. Etta Griffin and Mrs. Annie Martin, Louisiana, and three grandchildren.
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