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Will Brown

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Will Brown

Birth
Lexington, Holmes County, Mississippi, USA
Death
1 Nov 1988 (aged 104)
Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
Plot
Block 39s-North
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Will Brown, 104, of Springfield died at 10:45 a.m. Tuesday at the Dirksen House. He was born in Lexington, Miss., on Oct. 15, 1884, the son of Saul and Mae Brown. A daughter, Rosella Streeter Crockett, died in 1960. Mr. Brown was a member of the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church.

Surviving are two daughters, Louella Logan of Springfield and Josephine Green of Mobile, Ala.; 11 grandchildren; 74 great-grandchildren and 78 great-great-grandchildren.

Services will be at noon Saturday at the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, with the Rev. Richard Maye officiating. Burial will be in Oak Ridge Cemetery.

State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL) - Friday, November 4, 1988
Will Brown, 104, of Springfield died at 10:45 a.m. Tuesday at the Dirksen House. He was born in Lexington, Miss., on Oct. 15, 1884, the son of Saul and Mae Brown. A daughter, Rosella Streeter Crockett, died in 1960. Mr. Brown was a member of the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church.

Surviving are two daughters, Louella Logan of Springfield and Josephine Green of Mobile, Ala.; 11 grandchildren; 74 great-grandchildren and 78 great-great-grandchildren.

Services will be at noon Saturday at the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, with the Rev. Richard Maye officiating. Burial will be in Oak Ridge Cemetery.

State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL) - Friday, November 4, 1988

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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/154576899/will-brown: accessed ), memorial page for Will Brown (15 Oct 1884–1 Nov 1988), Find a Grave Memorial ID 154576899, citing Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by BjJ (contributor 46902476).