JAMES A. BROWNLEE

CAIRO, Ill. -- James A. Brownlee, 45, of Cairo, died Friday, June 16, 1995.

He was born Nov. 11, 1949, in Cairo to Dean and Malinda Chandler Brownlee. They survive.

He married Beverly McCleary Aug. 17, 1979. She survives.

Brownlee was a graduate of Cairo High School and Western Kentucky Vocational School in Paducah. He was a construction worker.

Other survivors are two sons, Don McCleary of Carbondale and Steven Brown of Toledo, Ohio; four daughters, Deidra Brownlee and Kristal Dennis, both of Cairo, Tamra Neal of Decatur, and Monica Roper of Chicago; two sisters, Carolyn Willis of Carbondale and Gloria Jefferson of Chicago; and four grandchildren.

Friends may call at the Mount Moriah Baptist Church in Cairo today from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Visitation will continue Wednesday at 11 a.m.

Funeral service will be Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the church with the Rev. Flem E. Bronner officiating. Burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery in Villa Ridge, Ill.

Sparks Funeral Homes in Charleston is in charge of arrangements.