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Thomas S. Brown
Thos. S. Brown, one of the oldest and most respected citizens of Douglas County, died at his residence on Bryant Creek last Thursday. Mr. Brown was one of the pioneers of this county, and left a large family of children and grandchildren. He was a preacher, and had served his country during the great civil war. He was born in 1814, and came to this state from Indiana in 1840. He was married in 1846, and leaves a wife and eight children to mourn his death. Mr. Brown was highly respected by his many friends, for his many kind deeds and hospitality. His body was buried in Yates Cemetery, Friday evening May 15, 1896. And when we gather at the river, is it not a sweet consolation to think that among the loved and lost, he will meet you on the other side. His family has the heart-felt sympathy of the entire community.
John William Wesley Brown
Published in The Daily Register, Gainesville, Texas Feb. 18, 1988
Funeral services for John Wesley Brown, 60, of 1106 Locust, Gainesville, were held today at 2 p.m. in the Vernie Keel Funeral Chapel with Dr. Harry Roark, Pastor Emeritus of First Baptist Church, officiating. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery with full military graveside rites.
Mr. Brown died Tuesday morning in Gainesville Memorial hospital after a 6 year illness. He was born in Douthit, Cherokee County, Oklahoma on June 29, 1927 to Charles Eugene and Viola Mae (Teague) Brown.
On February 25, 1952 in the home of Grace Bryan Blake at Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico he married Theresa Nell Smith.
He served in the US Navy during World War II, and retired from the US Air Force as a Master Sergeant in 1972. He was a veteran of the Korean and Vietnam conflicts, and received the Purple Heart, Bronze Star, 3 Good Conduct Medals, and a Military Medal of Merit. He was a former night shift manager of the Union 76 Truck Stop of Amarillo, and also had served as a reserve deputy sheriff.
A Protestant, Mr. Brown had lived here since 1984. Survivors include his wife, Nell Brown of Amarillo; 5 children: Theresa Ann Dorwarth of Ellwood City, PA; Beverly Gail Brown of Des Moines, NM; Shirley Jean Smith of Amarillo; Ronald Wayne Brown, US Navy, of Bremerton, WA; and Marilyn Kay Brown, of Amarillo; 10 grandchildren: Tracy, Nikki and Melissa Dorwarth of Ellwood City, PA; Beverly, Christina and Faye Brown of Des Moines, NM; Brandi and Delinda of Lubbock, and Jennie and Emmy Smith of Amarillo; his mother, Viola Stodghill of Gainesville; his sister, Rosa Marie Narramore of Paradise, TX; an aunt, Edith Walton of Odessa, and numerous nieces and nephews.
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