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Edward Booker Brown

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Edward Booker Brown

Birth
Ware Neck, Gloucester County, Virginia, USA
Death
31 Mar 1972 (aged 92)
Schley, Gloucester County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Schley, Gloucester County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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The Daily Press (Newport News, Va.),
Sat, 1 Apr 1972, p8, c1

Edward B. Brown

Schley - Edward Booker Brown, 92, a merchant at Schley for more than 70 years, died Friday at his home here.

He was a member of Singleton United Methodist Church and for 50 years served as secretary of the church's Sunday School.

He was a member of Botetourt Lodge No. &, AF & AM for more than 50 years, a member of Gloucester Camp No. 216, Woodmen of the World, and a former chairman of the Gloucester County School Board.

Survivors include three sons, Edward J. Brown, Claude C. Brown and C. Herbert Brown, a daughter, Mrs. Henley Roane and a brother, J. C. Brown, all of Schley, four grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

A funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Singleton United Methodist Church conducted by the Rev. Robert Taylor. He will be assisted by the Rev. Martin Diggs.

Graveside Masonic rites by Botetourt Lodge No. 7 will be in the church cemetery.

The body will rest at Bridge Funeral Home, Gloucester, where the family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 tonight.
The Daily Press (Newport News, Va.),
Sat, 1 Apr 1972, p8, c1

Edward B. Brown

Schley - Edward Booker Brown, 92, a merchant at Schley for more than 70 years, died Friday at his home here.

He was a member of Singleton United Methodist Church and for 50 years served as secretary of the church's Sunday School.

He was a member of Botetourt Lodge No. &, AF & AM for more than 50 years, a member of Gloucester Camp No. 216, Woodmen of the World, and a former chairman of the Gloucester County School Board.

Survivors include three sons, Edward J. Brown, Claude C. Brown and C. Herbert Brown, a daughter, Mrs. Henley Roane and a brother, J. C. Brown, all of Schley, four grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

A funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Singleton United Methodist Church conducted by the Rev. Robert Taylor. He will be assisted by the Rev. Martin Diggs.

Graveside Masonic rites by Botetourt Lodge No. 7 will be in the church cemetery.

The body will rest at Bridge Funeral Home, Gloucester, where the family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 tonight.


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  • Added: Feb 26, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48856622/edward_booker-brown: accessed ), memorial page for Edward Booker Brown (18 Nov 1879–31 Mar 1972), Find a Grave Memorial ID 48856622, citing Singleton United Methodist Church Cemetery, Schley, Gloucester County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Egg_and_Dart (contributor 46909403).