Glenn was born Larry Glenn Gray on New Year's Eve 1952 in Big Spring Medical Hospital and Clinic, Big Spring, Howard County, Texas. He was adopted in November 1957 and his name was changed to Vernon Glenn Browning. He had four siblings:
1. (Vernon Glenn)
2. William Henry "Butch" Browning, Jr., b: 1955 in Texas
3. Living, b: in Texas
4. Living, b: in Texas
5. Living, b: in Texas
He was raised by the tenets of the Church of Christ and schooled in the public schools of the Dallas Independent School District. As a teenager, he apprenticed in television repair at Hurley's TV & Radio Repair in Urbandale, Dallas, Texas; but his greater interest was in cars, and while still in High School he found employment at the Urban Auto Repair Shop as a mechanic. He worked in automotive repair and in various construction fields until about 1976 when he started a pool company. At the time of his death in 1982, he operated a swimming pool company, which was based in Collin County, Texas.
At age eighteen Glenn married Cynthia Elaine "Cindy" Hatfield, daughter of Virgie and Carl Hatfield of Arkansas. In the course of their marriage, he and Cindy had one son (Living). They were divorced in 1974 and Glenn was given custody of his son. He remarried March 20, 1976 (Living) and fathered two sons (Living) in that marriage. His second marriage ended January 7, 1980. He was survived by his three sons, his parents, all his siblings and two grandfathers. He was preceded in death by his:
Maternal grandmother:
Willie Orlean Slater Duncan Lipscomb, b: Jan 10, 1917, d: May 11, 1957
Paternal grandmother:
Goldie Ellen Smith Browning, b: Oct 18, 1903, d: Jan 16, 1937
Biological paternal grandparents:
James Ashall Gray, b: Sep 21, 1882 d: Mar 7, 1943
Lorena Muriel May Gray Engle, b: Jun 25, 1892 d: Dec 12, 1971
1. (Vernon Glenn)
2. William Henry "Butch" Browning, Jr., b: 1955 in Texas
3. Living, b: in Texas
4. Living, b: in Texas
5. Living, b: in Texas
He was raised by the tenets of the Church of Christ and schooled in the public schools of the Dallas Independent School District. As a teenager, he apprenticed in television repair at Hurley's TV & Radio Repair in Urbandale, Dallas, Texas; but his greater interest was in cars, and while still in High School he found employment at the Urban Auto Repair Shop as a mechanic. He worked in automotive repair and in various construction fields until about 1976 when he started a pool company. At the time of his death in 1982, he operated a swimming pool company, which was based in Collin County, Texas.
At age eighteen Glenn married Cynthia Elaine "Cindy" Hatfield, daughter of Virgie and Carl Hatfield of Arkansas. In the course of their marriage, he and Cindy had one son (Living). They were divorced in 1974 and Glenn was given custody of his son. He remarried March 20, 1976 (Living) and fathered two sons (Living) in that marriage. His second marriage ended January 7, 1980. He was survived by his three sons, his parents, all his siblings and two grandfathers. He was preceded in death by his:
Maternal grandmother:
Willie Orlean Slater Duncan Lipscomb, b: Jan 10, 1917, d: May 11, 1957
Paternal grandmother:
Goldie Ellen Smith Browning, b: Oct 18, 1903, d: Jan 16, 1937
Biological paternal grandparents:
James Ashall Gray, b: Sep 21, 1882 d: Mar 7, 1943
Lorena Muriel May Gray Engle, b: Jun 25, 1892 d: Dec 12, 1971
Glenn was born Larry Glenn Gray on New Year's Eve 1952 in Big Spring Medical Hospital and Clinic, Big Spring, Howard County, Texas. He was adopted in November 1957 and his name was changed to Vernon Glenn Browning. He had four siblings:
1. (Vernon Glenn)
2. William Henry "Butch" Browning, Jr., b: 1955 in Texas
3. Living, b: in Texas
4. Living, b: in Texas
5. Living, b: in Texas
He was raised by the tenets of the Church of Christ and schooled in the public schools of the Dallas Independent School District. As a teenager, he apprenticed in television repair at Hurley's TV & Radio Repair in Urbandale, Dallas, Texas; but his greater interest was in cars, and while still in High School he found employment at the Urban Auto Repair Shop as a mechanic. He worked in automotive repair and in various construction fields until about 1976 when he started a pool company. At the time of his death in 1982, he operated a swimming pool company, which was based in Collin County, Texas.
At age eighteen Glenn married Cynthia Elaine "Cindy" Hatfield, daughter of Virgie and Carl Hatfield of Arkansas. In the course of their marriage, he and Cindy had one son (Living). They were divorced in 1974 and Glenn was given custody of his son. He remarried March 20, 1976 (Living) and fathered two sons (Living) in that marriage. His second marriage ended January 7, 1980. He was survived by his three sons, his parents, all his siblings and two grandfathers. He was preceded in death by his:
Maternal grandmother:
Willie Orlean Slater Duncan Lipscomb, b: Jan 10, 1917, d: May 11, 1957
Paternal grandmother:
Goldie Ellen Smith Browning, b: Oct 18, 1903, d: Jan 16, 1937
Biological paternal grandparents:
James Ashall Gray, b: Sep 21, 1882 d: Mar 7, 1943
Lorena Muriel May Gray Engle, b: Jun 25, 1892 d: Dec 12, 1971
1. (Vernon Glenn)
2. William Henry "Butch" Browning, Jr., b: 1955 in Texas
3. Living, b: in Texas
4. Living, b: in Texas
5. Living, b: in Texas
He was raised by the tenets of the Church of Christ and schooled in the public schools of the Dallas Independent School District. As a teenager, he apprenticed in television repair at Hurley's TV & Radio Repair in Urbandale, Dallas, Texas; but his greater interest was in cars, and while still in High School he found employment at the Urban Auto Repair Shop as a mechanic. He worked in automotive repair and in various construction fields until about 1976 when he started a pool company. At the time of his death in 1982, he operated a swimming pool company, which was based in Collin County, Texas.
At age eighteen Glenn married Cynthia Elaine "Cindy" Hatfield, daughter of Virgie and Carl Hatfield of Arkansas. In the course of their marriage, he and Cindy had one son (Living). They were divorced in 1974 and Glenn was given custody of his son. He remarried March 20, 1976 (Living) and fathered two sons (Living) in that marriage. His second marriage ended January 7, 1980. He was survived by his three sons, his parents, all his siblings and two grandfathers. He was preceded in death by his:
Maternal grandmother:
Willie Orlean Slater Duncan Lipscomb, b: Jan 10, 1917, d: May 11, 1957
Paternal grandmother:
Goldie Ellen Smith Browning, b: Oct 18, 1903, d: Jan 16, 1937
Biological paternal grandparents:
James Ashall Gray, b: Sep 21, 1882 d: Mar 7, 1943
Lorena Muriel May Gray Engle, b: Jun 25, 1892 d: Dec 12, 1971
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