GEORGE M. BROWN
1877-1963
  
George M. Brown Dies When Fire Destroys Home
  
George M. Brown, 85, died in a fire which destroyed his home at
Volga at 3:30 p.m., Friday, December 21.  The fire of unknown
origin occurred within a short time following Mr. Brown’s return
to his home after a visit with a son who lived nearby.
  
The son of the late John and Lucinda Harmon Brown, he was born at
East Point March 5, 1877, and had lived at Volga for sixty-five
years.  He was a member of the Church of God and the Flat Gap
Lodge.
  
His wife, Minnie Daniels Brown, preceded him in death on January
18, 1948.
  
Surviving are four sons, Charlie Brown, Sitka, Clyde Brown, Lerue,
Ohio; Claude and Clarence Brown both of Volga; two daughters, Mrs.
Everett Lemaster and Mrs. Cecil Hitchcock both of Volga; a sister,
Mrs. Lydia Sturgill, Flat Gap.  Also surviving are twenty
grandchildren and fourteen great-grandchildren.
  
Funeral services were conducted at 1:00 p.m., Sunday at the
Cannons Chapel Church at Volga with John Redman, Bruce Daniel and
Ellis Hamilton as officiating ministers.
  
Burial was in the Brown Cemetery at Volga.
  
PAINTSVILLE HERALD
WEDNESDAY
January 2, 1963
    

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