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Submitted: 5/31/19 • Approved: 5/31/19 • Last Updated: 6/3/19 • R1271703-G1271703-S3
Charles
January 23, 1923 - December 10, 1998
Grandson of James Alfonson Brown & Mary Maiden; Son of James Alfonso & Mary Ellen Bivins Brown; Husband of Martha Adelyn Brumley Brown; father to Tricia, Cindy, Charles L Jr & Jon Brown. WWII vet; served on USS Saratooga. Chief Engineer on Gemini Space Program who helped develop the environmental control system; also worked on the Mercury and Apollo Space Programs. Moved to Arkansas and became Dean of Continuing Education at Westark Jr College in Fort Smith. He then became the Director of Mental Retardation, serving both the State of Arkansas and the Booneville, Arkansas ARC Unit; retired to Alma, Arkansas where he was on City Council and took over the volunteer job of mapping out and keeping up the records of Alma Cemetery.
Martha
April 8, 1924 - November 12, 1995
Great grandaughter of Moses & Elizabeth Freeman James Ford of Crawford County, Arkansas; Grand daughter of Joseph & India Martin Ford; Daughter of Clarence Bidwell & Lois Virginia Ford Brumley; Wife of Charles Louis Brown; Mother to Tricia, Cindy, Charles Jr & Jon
Contributed on 5/31/19 by billsully060
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