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Submitted: 5/5/22 • Approved: 5/6/22 • Last Updated: 5/9/22 • R511423-G511422-S3
Ernest L. Brown
September 26, 1928-May 16, 2017
Loyce F. Pulliam Brown
September 3, 1932-June 5, 2003
Married July 9, 1950
*Photo, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell
*Obituary Ernest L.
Funeral Services for Ernest L. Brown, 88, a long-time Hereford resident will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 20, 2017 at First Baptist Church with the Jeff Messer Chaplain of Bivins Pointe, and Bob Crass Chaplain of Hospice of the South West, officiating. Interment will follow in West Park Cemetery. Services are under the personal supervision of Parkside Chapel Funeral Home. The family will receive visitors at Parkside Chapel from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, May 19, 2017. Mr. Brown passed away Tuesday, May 16, 2017 in Amarillo.
Ernest L. Brown was born September 26, 1928 to Noble and Elzora Potts Brown in Hollene, New Mexico. The family moved to the Friona area in 1941 from Hollene. He attended Friona High School and graduated in 1947. Ernest met and fell in love with Loyce Pulliam they were married on July 9, 1950 in Broadview, New Mexico. Mr. Brown served on the WTRT Board of Directors for 18 years and on the Texas Forrest Service Advisory Board since 1993.
He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Loyce Brown; Friend, Bonny Duke; a brother Floyd Brown; a great-nephew, Justin Brown.
He is survived by one daughter, Barbara Hoffman and husband Johnny of Amarillo; two sons, David Brown and wife Gayla and Dennis Brown and wife Pam both of Bootleg; one brother, Eldred Brown of Bootleg; a special friend, Linda Anderson of Amarillo, and close friends Pete Curtis and Natalie Barkley; seven grandchildren, Colby Hoffman and wife Corrina, Chad Hoffman and wife Lauren, Brian Brown, Tisha Stovall and husband Dustin, Kevin Brown and wife Jennifer, Brandon Brown, and Brent Brown and wife Michelle; and 9 great- grandchildren
The family suggests Memorials in Mr. Brown’s name be made to First Baptist Church, 500 North Main Street, Hereford, TX 79045, Bootleg Volunteer Fire Department, 1009 FM 1058 Friona, TX 79035 or the Hereford Senior Citizens Association, 426 Ranger St, Hereford, TX 79045.
Obituary by Parkside Funeral Home in Hereford, Texas
Contributed on 5/5/22 by neldapat
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