Infant Brown
1943 - 1943 (0 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Infant Brown was born on 26 Oct 1943 in Calhoun County, Mississippi (son of Radford Wilson Brown and Ruby Etoile Spears); died on 26 Oct 1943 in Calhoun County, Mississippi; was buried in Chapel Hill Cemetery, Big Creek, Calhoun County, Mississippi. Notes:
Buried:
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2. Radford Wilson Brown was born on 27 Oct 1924 in Big Creek, Calhoun County, Mississippi (son of Earl Radford Brown and Elizabeth Augusta Jacks); died on 15 Jun 1978 in Jackson County, Florida; was buried in Chapel Hill Cemetery, Big Creek, Calhoun County, Mississippi. Notes:
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/159909792/radford-wilson-brownRadford married Ruby Etoile Spears. Ruby was born in 1926 in Bounds, Calhoun County, Mississippi; died on 6 Aug 2018 in Mississippi; was buried in Chapel Hill Cemetery, Big Creek, Calhoun County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Ruby Etoile Spears was born in 1926 in Bounds, Calhoun County, Mississippi; died on 6 Aug 2018 in Mississippi; was buried in Chapel Hill Cemetery, Big Creek, Calhoun County, Mississippi. Notes:
Ruby Etoile Brown, 92, passed away Aug. 6, 2018, following the death of her son, Randy, 4 months earlier. Ruby was born in Bounds, MS and raised in Big Creek, MS, where she married her childhood sweetheart, Radford Brown before he enlisted in the Marine Corp to serve in WWII. She graduated from Business School in her home town, then worked in Washington, DC in a typing pool throughout the war.
After living in North Carolina and Iowa, Ruby and Rad moved their family back to Jacksonville where they were active members of HAB Church since 1956. Radford passed away in 1978.
Ruby worked at Memorial Hospital for 27 years as Insurance Supervisor and then as Financial Counselor until she retired at age 69. She enjoyed her retirement with family, friends, church, bridge, travel, her cabin in North Carolina and football.
Ruby will be remembered as a loving, devoted, inspirational and sweet wife, mother, grandmother and friend, who always showed strength of character and her strong Christian faith. She is survived by her daughters, Cynthia, Deborah and Judith, 9 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
A private family memorial was held at Chapel Hill Cemetery in Big Creek on Sat., Sept. 8, 208. Pryor Funeral Home had charge of all arrangements.
Our mother, Ruby, father, Radford and brother, Randy, are now buried at Chapel Hill Cemetery in Big Creek. MS.
The Journal, Bruce, MS, Sep. 12, 2018
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/193287543/ruby-etoile-brownChildren:
- 1. Infant Brown was born on 26 Oct 1943 in Calhoun County, Mississippi; died on 26 Oct 1943 in Calhoun County, Mississippi; was buried in Chapel Hill Cemetery, Big Creek, Calhoun County, Mississippi.
Generation: 3
4. 
Earl Radford Brown was born on 27 May 1893 in Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana (son of Hiram Brown and Rosa "Blanche" Hedges); died on 28 May 1972 in Mississippi; was buried in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Grenada, Grenada County, Mississippi. Other Events:
- Census: 1930, Big Creek, Calhoun County, Mississippi
- Census: 1940, Big Creek, Calhoun County, Mississippi
Notes:
MHR note: Earl was a sophomore at the University of Illinois when he enlisted in the US Army, May 1917. He was at Camp Logan, Houston, Texas until May 1918 when he was sent overseas. He was a horse-shoe-er with the "shock troops" from the Battle of St. Michael to the end of the war. He was in the Army of Occupation at Luxembourg until June 1919. He belonged to Battery B, 124th Field Artillery in A.E.F. He belonged to the American Legion. He, his wife and older children are in the Christian Church in Ohio.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30838188/earl-radford-brownEarl married Elizabeth Augusta Jacks on 30 Jun 1920 in Grenada, Mississippi. Elizabeth (daughter of Nathaniel B. Jacks and Julia Evelyn Hayward) was born on 29 Nov 1896 in Montgomery County, Mississippi; died on 22 Aug 1973 in Calhoun City, Calhoun County, Mississippi; was buried in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Grenada, Grenada County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Elizabeth Augusta Jacks was born on 29 Nov 1896 in Montgomery County, Mississippi (daughter of Nathaniel B. Jacks and Julia Evelyn Hayward); died on 22 Aug 1973 in Calhoun City, Calhoun County, Mississippi; was buried in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Grenada, Grenada County, Mississippi. Notes:
Mrs. Brown
Big Creek, Miss. – Services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Pryor Funeral Home in Calhoun City, Miss., for Mrs. Elizabeth Jacks Brown, 76, who died Wednesday in Hillcrest Hospital at Calhoun City. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery at Grenada.
Survivors include a son, Radford W. Brown of Jacksonville, Fla.; three daughters, Mrs. Julia Harrison of Derma, Mrs. Tilden Provine of Atlanta and Mrs. Randall Murff of Jackson; five brother, Cecil Jacks of Holcomb, Hayward Jacks of Philipp, Talford Jacks of Jackson, James Jacks of Grenada and Clyde Jacks of Pasadena, Texas, and a sister, Mrs. Oma Vickery of Holcomb.
The Greenwood Commonwealth, Greenwood, Mississippi. Friday, 24 August 1973.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30838195/elizabeth-brownChildren:
- 2. Radford Wilson Brown was born on 27 Oct 1924 in Big Creek, Calhoun County, Mississippi; died on 15 Jun 1978 in Jackson County, Florida; was buried in Chapel Hill Cemetery, Big Creek, Calhoun County, Mississippi.
- Blanche Brown was born on 2 Sep 1922 in Grenada County, Mississippi; died on 4 May 2014 in Sylva, Jacks County, North Carolina; was buried in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Grenada, Grenada County, Mississippi.
Generation: 4
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Hiram Brown was born on 30 Jul 1862 in Georgetown, Vermilion County, Illinois (son of Shepherd Brown and Mary Elizabeth Yoho); died on 6 Nov 1915 in Grenada County, Mississippi; was buried in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Grenada, Grenada County, Mississippi. Other Events:
- Census: 1900, Georgetown, Vermilion County, Illinois
- Census: 1910, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois
Notes:
Mr. Hiram Brown Died.
Mr. Hiram Brown, who died on the Jelly farm five miles north of Grenada, last Saturday night, was buried Monday at the burying ground near where he died, Rev. J.A. Hall of the Methodist church of Grenada conducting the services. Mr. Brown was born in Vermilion county, Ill., July 30, 1862. He was married to Miss Blanche Hedges Dec. 24, 1891 and to this union three children were born. He was a charter member of the Church of Christ at Georgetown, Ill. He had made a most favorable impression on all who had gotten to know him in this county and genuine regret is felt over his death.
The Grenada Sentinel, Grenada, Mississippi. Friday, 12 November 1915,page 1.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30838215/hiram-brownHiram married Rosa "Blanche" Hedges on 24 Dec 1891 in Fithian, Vermilion County, Illinois. Rosa (daughter of Peter Thompson Hedges and Mary Ann Vawter) was born on 9 Oct 1867 in Fithian, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 19 Jan 1953 in Big Creek, Calhoun County, Mississippi; was buried in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Grenada, Grenada County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Rosa "Blanche" Hedges was born on 9 Oct 1867 in Fithian, Vermilion County, Illinois (daughter of Peter Thompson Hedges and Mary Ann Vawter); died on 19 Jan 1953 in Big Creek, Calhoun County, Mississippi; was buried in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Grenada, Grenada County, Mississippi. Other Events:
- Census: 1920, Grenada, Mississippi
- Census: 1940, Winona, Montgomery County, Mississippi
Notes:
From newspaper clipping.
Ex-Georgetown Teacher, 82, On Long Trip.
Georgetown - Mrs. Blanche Brown of Big Creek, Miss. will begin her journey home, Thursday, after an extensive vacation. She will be 82 years old Oct. 8, and has traveled alone on her trip.
She left her home May 27, going to the home of her daughter, Mrs. Myrtle Blaylock, in Hickory Flat, Miss, for a week. From there she went to Memphis for four days with a grandson, Hiram Blaylock. The next stop was in South Haven, Kansas, where she spent 10 days with her 90-year-old brother, Thad A. Hedges. Mrs. Hedges is a minister and preaches every Sunday.
She also visited a week with two cousins in Topeka, Kans. then to Moberly, Mo., for four days with a nephew, then two weeks at Center Point, Iowa, with an 84-year-old sister. After visiting this sister she went to Detroit, Mich., for a week with a sister who has been a patient, with total paralysis for five years in a Detroit hospital. On July 19 she came to Georgetown, to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Orpheus Richardson. During her visit there she has made visits in Danville, Fairmount, Catlin and Brocton. When she leaves Thursday she will visit a day in Orden and Urbana.
She plans to stop in Hickory Flat on her way home to visit her daughter again.
Mrs. Brown is well known in this community, where she taught school 23 years. She is the widow of Hiram Brown. They were the parents of three children. The elder daughter died in 1932, leaving four children, whom Mrs. Brown assisted in rearing. Her other children are the daughter in Hickory Flat, Miss., and a son, an employe of the Big Creek post office. There are 18 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Lynn, daughter Kay, and Miss Phyllis Moore have returned from a 5,500 mile trip through the West. They first visited Mr. Lyon's nephew in Los Alamos, N.M., who is a chemical engineer in the atomic bomb plant. From there they drove to Grand Canyon, then on to California to visit Mrs. Lyon's uncles.
On the return trip they visited Yosemite National Park, Salt Lake City and Reno, Nev., the Rocky Mountain National Park and other places of interest.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30838157/rosa-blanche-brownChildren:
- 4. Earl Radford Brown was born on 27 May 1893 in Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana; died on 28 May 1972 in Mississippi; was buried in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Grenada, Grenada County, Mississippi.
- Dorothy Mattie Brown was born on 7 Feb 1895 in Montgomery County, Mississippi; died on 6 Jun 1932 in Winona, Montgomery County, Mississippi; was buried in Bethlehem Methodist Church Cemetery, Winona, Montgomery County, Mississippi.
- Myrtle Minnie Brown was born on 7 Mar 1897 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 7 Mar 1992 in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee; was buried in Mount Pisgah Cemetery, Duck Hill, Montgomery County, Mississippi.
10. Nathaniel B. Jacks was born in Oct 1870 in Mississippi; died in 1939; was buried in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Grenada, Grenada County, Mississippi. Other Events:
- Census: 1900, Mayfield, Montgomery County, Mississippi
Notes:
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32758337/nathaniel-b.-jacksNathaniel married Julia Evelyn Hayward. Julia was born in Oct 1869 in Mississippi; died in 1942; was buried in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Grenada, Grenada County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
11. Julia Evelyn Hayward was born in Oct 1869 in Mississippi; died in 1942; was buried in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Grenada, Grenada County, Mississippi. Notes:
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32758336/julia-evelyn-jacksChildren:
- 5. Elizabeth Augusta Jacks was born on 29 Nov 1896 in Montgomery County, Mississippi; died on 22 Aug 1973 in Calhoun City, Calhoun County, Mississippi; was buried in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Grenada, Grenada County, Mississippi.