Services for James Edwin “Brownie” Brown will be held 3:00 p.m. Tuesday at Cooper Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Greenlawn Cemetery.
Mr. Brown, 89, died Sunday, May 20, 2012 at McLeod Medical Center in Dillon.
Born in Decatur, Tennessee May 19, 1923, he was the son of the late Warren Brown and Katie Patterson Brown. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Dillon, was a U.S. Navy Veteran of World War II, retired from Burlington after 35 years of service, was a Mason, and member of Mackey Lodge #77 where he earned his 40 year Pin, and was a Worthy Patron of the Eastern Star for 20 years.
He was also an avid Atlanta Braves Fan.
Survivors include his wife of 63 years, Mildred H. Brown of Dillon; daughters, Sharon B. (Ernie) Shankle of Dillon, and Patsy B. (Mark) Burris of Anderson, SC; sister, Lucille Burnette of Chattanooga, TN; brother, Herbert Brown of Fort Walton Beach, FL; grandchildren, James Michael Hulon of Charleston, Cory Burris, and Ivey Burris, both of Anderson, SC.