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Family: Horace Walter Brown / Lella Otis Griffin (F12119)

• Father | Male Horace Walter Brown

  
  

  Born	2 Nov 1896	Texas
  Died	4 Sep 1950	(Coleman, Coleman County, Texas)
  Buried		Coleman Cemetery, Coleman County, Texas
  Married	4 May 1930  [1, 2, 3]	Coleman, Coleman County, Texas  [1, 2, 3]
  Father	John Gilliam "Gilliam" Brown | F12118 Group Sheet
  Mother	Sidya Elizabeth "Siddie" Gribble | F12118 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Lella Otis Griffin

  
  

  Born	14 Apr 1906	Madisonville, Madison County, Texas
  Died	8 Nov 1994	Coleman, Coleman County, Texas
  Buried		Coleman Cemetery, Coleman County, Texas
  Father	Hale Noah Griffin | F15885 Group Sheet
  Mother	Mexie Mathis | F15885 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Male Dan Willis Brown

  
  

  Born	19 Feb 1931	Coleman County, Texas
  Died	28 Mar 2012	Wellington, New Zealand
  Buried		Karori Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand

  
  

  Child 2 | Male Don Maynard Brown

  
  

  Born	25 Aug 1932	Coleman, Coleman County, Texas
  Died	11 Jun 2004	Texas
  Buried		Fairview Cemetery, Grosvenor, Brown County, Texas

  
  

  Child 3 | Female Doris Ann Brown

  
  

  Born
  Died
  Buried
  Spouse	FNU Buhr | F12862
  Married

  
  

  Child 4 | Female Dale Frances Brown

  
  

  Born		Coleman County, Texas
  Died
  Buried
  Spouse	Mr. Morgan | F12863
  Married

  
  

  Child 5 | Male Dwane Allen Brown

  
  

  Born	20 May 1942	Coleman, Coleman County, Texas
  Died	9 Apr 1990	Manhattan, New York
  Buried

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Don Maynard Brown on the left. Dan Willis Brown on the right. Photo provided by Doris Ann Brown Buhr, September 10, 2015, dbuhr@gvtc.com
  		First three children of Horace Walter Brown and Lella Otis (Griffin) Brown; Coleman, Coleman County, Texas, c. 1938 Photo provided by Doris Ann Brown Buhr, September 10, 2015, dbuhr@gvtc.com
  		This is the five Brown kids taken about 1943 at Lella (Griffin) Brown's parent's house -- Hale Noah Griffin and Mexie (Mathis) Griffin; Coleman, Coleman County, Texas: Dan Willis Brown; Don Maynard Brown, Dale Frances Brown (female); Dwane Allen Brown; Doris Ann Brown Only Dale and I are still living and she is on her last leg in a nursing home in Brenham, Texas. Sometime ago a doctor said he thought she had water on the brain. She refused treatment so is now just a vegetable. So sad. Dale is/was the best of the five Brown kids. She taught Sunday School and played the piano for the children. She was such a kind and nice person. She would never put down another person!! All five of the Brown kids graduated from college: Dan Willis Brown 1959, Texas Tech, geology; all four of Dan's sons graduated from college Don Maynard Brown 1958 graduated from Texas Tech; Dairy Management Doris Ann Brown: Texas Woman's University 1958; MEd degree 1985 University of Texas Brownsville/Pan American University Dale Frances Brown Morgan: Lamar University, Beaumont, TX 1976 (she was married when she graduated) Dwane Allen Brown: University of Texas, Austin; 1964 Photo provided by Doris Ann Brown Buhr, September 10, 2015, dbuhr@gvtc.com

  
  

• Sources

  [S45452] Doris Ann Brown Buhr | 4 Aug 2012 | Email dbuhr@gvtc.com. [S48304] https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/SBLR-M73. [S7730] Doris Ann Brown Buhr | 10 Sep 2015 | dbuhr@gvtc.com.