May 12, 1998

GLADYS BROWN

CHARLESTON -- Gladys Velma Brown, 91, of Brawley, Calif., died Thursday, May 7, 1998, at Pioneers Memorial Hospital in Brawley. She was born Oct. 1, 1906, in Mississippi County, daughter of Fate and Arilda Miller. She and Jewell Brown were married June 7, 1940. He died Aug. 27, 1995...

CHARLESTON -- Gladys Velma Brown, 91, of Brawley, Calif., died Thursday, May 7, 1998, at Pioneers Memorial Hospital in Brawley.

She was born Oct. 1, 1906, in Mississippi County, daughter of Fate and Arilda Miller. She and Jewell Brown were married June 7, 1940. He died Aug. 27, 1995.

Brown moved to Brawley in 1954, returned to Bertrand in 1983, and went back to Brawley in 1995.

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Survivors include two sons, George Vowels of Butler, Marshall Vowels of Dexter; a daughter, Judy Lunceford of Brawley; numerous sisters; six grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a daughter, a brother, and a sister.

Friends may call at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston from 5-8 p.m. today.

Funeral will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, with th Rev. Charles Kohlbaker officiating. Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery.

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