Obit courtesy of Mark McCrady.
The Martinsville Reporter Nov 8 1980
Ralph O. Brown, farmer/musician, dies this morning
Ralph O. Brown, 1505 Smokey Road, died suddenly at his residence at 12:45 a.m. today.
A Morgan County native, he was born Dec. 1 1902 to Thomas and Daisy Greenwood Brown.
In 1949 he married the former Opal Renner Williams, and she survives.
Surviving besides his wife are a stepson, Robert Edward Williams, of Bloomington: a stepdaughter, Marjorie Shannon, of Paragon: two brothers, Carl Brown of Illinois and William Hugh Brown of Georgia: two sisters, Verna Vandeventer of Mooresville and Marion Small of Canada: six step grandchildren and two step great grandchildren.
Mr. Brown had lived all his life in Morgan County, was a farmer and thresher and owned a lumber mill.
He was a member of the Bluff Creek Christian Church, a former member of the Waverly Masonic Lodge, a guard at the Paragon Speedway and very active in the Morgan County Civil Defense and CB clubs.
He was also very active in the field of music. He played the flute, piccolo and trombone, and participated in the Johnson County Band and Orchestra and the former orchestra at Banta. He also taught music at the Taylor Music Store.
Jack Shannon will conduct the funeral Monday at 2 p.m. at the Neal and Summers Chapel.
Burial will be in the 1OOF Cemetery at Waverly.
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Indiana Births, 1880-1920 about Ralph Osman Brown
Name: Ralph Osman Brown
Father: Thomas
Mother: Greenwood
County: Morgan
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 7 Dec 1902
The above information was contributed by: Cookie.
The Martinsville Reporter Nov 8 1980
Ralph O. Brown, farmer/musician, dies this morning
Ralph O. Brown, 1505 Smokey Road, died suddenly at his residence at 12:45 a.m. today.
A Morgan County native, he was born Dec. 1 1902 to Thomas and Daisy Greenwood Brown.
In 1949 he married the former Opal Renner Williams, and she survives.
Surviving besides his wife are a stepson, Robert Edward Williams, of Bloomington: a stepdaughter, Marjorie Shannon, of Paragon: two brothers, Carl Brown of Illinois and William Hugh Brown of Georgia: two sisters, Verna Vandeventer of Mooresville and Marion Small of Canada: six step grandchildren and two step great grandchildren.
Mr. Brown had lived all his life in Morgan County, was a farmer and thresher and owned a lumber mill.
He was a member of the Bluff Creek Christian Church, a former member of the Waverly Masonic Lodge, a guard at the Paragon Speedway and very active in the Morgan County Civil Defense and CB clubs.
He was also very active in the field of music. He played the flute, piccolo and trombone, and participated in the Johnson County Band and Orchestra and the former orchestra at Banta. He also taught music at the Taylor Music Store.
Jack Shannon will conduct the funeral Monday at 2 p.m. at the Neal and Summers Chapel.
Burial will be in the 1OOF Cemetery at Waverly.
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Indiana Births, 1880-1920 about Ralph Osman Brown
Name: Ralph Osman Brown
Father: Thomas
Mother: Greenwood
County: Morgan
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 7 Dec 1902
The above information was contributed by: Cookie.
Obit courtesy of Mark McCrady.
The Martinsville Reporter Nov 8 1980
Ralph O. Brown, farmer/musician, dies this morning
Ralph O. Brown, 1505 Smokey Road, died suddenly at his residence at 12:45 a.m. today.
A Morgan County native, he was born Dec. 1 1902 to Thomas and Daisy Greenwood Brown.
In 1949 he married the former Opal Renner Williams, and she survives.
Surviving besides his wife are a stepson, Robert Edward Williams, of Bloomington: a stepdaughter, Marjorie Shannon, of Paragon: two brothers, Carl Brown of Illinois and William Hugh Brown of Georgia: two sisters, Verna Vandeventer of Mooresville and Marion Small of Canada: six step grandchildren and two step great grandchildren.
Mr. Brown had lived all his life in Morgan County, was a farmer and thresher and owned a lumber mill.
He was a member of the Bluff Creek Christian Church, a former member of the Waverly Masonic Lodge, a guard at the Paragon Speedway and very active in the Morgan County Civil Defense and CB clubs.
He was also very active in the field of music. He played the flute, piccolo and trombone, and participated in the Johnson County Band and Orchestra and the former orchestra at Banta. He also taught music at the Taylor Music Store.
Jack Shannon will conduct the funeral Monday at 2 p.m. at the Neal and Summers Chapel.
Burial will be in the 1OOF Cemetery at Waverly.
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Indiana Births, 1880-1920 about Ralph Osman Brown
Name: Ralph Osman Brown
Father: Thomas
Mother: Greenwood
County: Morgan
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 7 Dec 1902
The above information was contributed by: Cookie.
The Martinsville Reporter Nov 8 1980
Ralph O. Brown, farmer/musician, dies this morning
Ralph O. Brown, 1505 Smokey Road, died suddenly at his residence at 12:45 a.m. today.
A Morgan County native, he was born Dec. 1 1902 to Thomas and Daisy Greenwood Brown.
In 1949 he married the former Opal Renner Williams, and she survives.
Surviving besides his wife are a stepson, Robert Edward Williams, of Bloomington: a stepdaughter, Marjorie Shannon, of Paragon: two brothers, Carl Brown of Illinois and William Hugh Brown of Georgia: two sisters, Verna Vandeventer of Mooresville and Marion Small of Canada: six step grandchildren and two step great grandchildren.
Mr. Brown had lived all his life in Morgan County, was a farmer and thresher and owned a lumber mill.
He was a member of the Bluff Creek Christian Church, a former member of the Waverly Masonic Lodge, a guard at the Paragon Speedway and very active in the Morgan County Civil Defense and CB clubs.
He was also very active in the field of music. He played the flute, piccolo and trombone, and participated in the Johnson County Band and Orchestra and the former orchestra at Banta. He also taught music at the Taylor Music Store.
Jack Shannon will conduct the funeral Monday at 2 p.m. at the Neal and Summers Chapel.
Burial will be in the 1OOF Cemetery at Waverly.
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Indiana Births, 1880-1920 about Ralph Osman Brown
Name: Ralph Osman Brown
Father: Thomas
Mother: Greenwood
County: Morgan
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 7 Dec 1902
The above information was contributed by: Cookie.
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stone says was born Dec. 1, 1901
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