Donald Brown Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

FORT MEADE - Mr. Donald Brown, Sr., 81, passed away at his home Saturday, October 19, 2013. Mr. Brown was born February 13, 1932 in Vicksburg, Mississippi, and has been a longtime resident of Fort Meade. He retired as a maintenance mechanic from U.S. Agri-Chem after 34 years of faithful service. Mr. Brown was a member of Lake Buffum Baptist Church, Fort Meade, where he served as a deacon and remained very active to serve where he was needed. He was a U.S. Army National Guard veteran, serving in the Korean Conflict, member of the Fin & Feather Hunt and Fish Club, and a 1950 graduate of Redwood High School in Vicksburg, MS. Mr. Brown was preceded in death by several of his brothers and sisters, and a brother-in-law, Melvin Griffith. He is survived by his loving wife, Dora Brown, Fort Meade, FL; sons, Pat Brown and wife Penny, Frostproof, FL, Barry Brown and wife Cindy, Fort Meade, FL, Everett "Bubba" Stagg and wife Monica, Wauchula, FL; daughter, Lynda Adlam and husband Tim, Fort meade, FL; brother, George Brown and wife Vera, Vicksburg, MS; sisters, Dorothy Griffith, Grace Scott and husband Joe, all of Vicksburg, MS; ten grandchildren; eighteen great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren. Visitation will be held 6:00 p.m - 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013 at Hancock Funeral Home, 945 East Broadway, Fort Meade. Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013 at Lake Buffum Baptist Church, Fort Meade with Rev. Mike Patelli and Rev. Kenny Slay officiating. Interment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery, Fort Meade. Hancock Funeral Home, Fort Meade, FL 863-285-8171

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Donald Brown

February 13, 1932 - October 19, 2013