Willard Swanson "Blackie" BROWN

1932 - 2007  (75 years)

• Name	Willard Swanson "Blackie" BROWN
  Nickname	Blackie
  Birth	9 Feb 1932	Franklin County, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	CDD27157444D42EE9FC1D31ED4D678D06B81
  Death	19 Aug 2007	Axton, Henry County, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Burial	Roselawn Burial Park, Martinsville, Henry County, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Notes	From findagrave.com, Jan 2015: The funeral for Willard "Blackie" Swanson Brown, 75, of 3414 Axton Road, Axton, who died Sunday, Aug. 19, 2007, at his home, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Mount Calvary Pentecostal Holiness Church in Axton. Pastor Gary Robertson and the Rev. Lem Hardison will officiate. Burial will be in Roselawn Burial Park. The family will receive friends at the church from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Thursday and other times at the home of his daughter, Sandra W. Davis, 212 Wimbish Road, Eden, N.C. Brown was born in Franklin County on Feb. 9, 1932, to Elder Rufus Brown and Sallie Dillon Brown. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Gladys Katherine Minter Pulliam Brown; and brothers, Warren Brown, Edward Brown, Wilber Brown, Tyler Brown and Harrison Brown. He retired as a mechanic at Stone Container Corp., and he was a member of Mount Calvary Pentecostal Holiness Church. Surviving, in addition to his daughter, Sandra W. Davis of Eden, are two sons, Robert A. Pulliam of Axton and Dickie Pulliam of Moneta; four sisters, Barbara Bruce of Morristown, Tenn., Juanita Hodges of Sydnorsville, Hettie Minter of Martinsville and Zelma Reed of Lynchburg; four brothers, Jake Brown of Cleveland, Ohio, Joe Brown of Gladehill, Doc Brown of Moneta and Curtis Brown of Bassett; five grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are by Norris Funeral Services and Crematory in Martinsville.
  Person ID	I4967	America
  Last Modified	28 Feb 2019

  
  

  Family	Gladys Catherine Minter,   b. 8 Aug 1924, Henry County, Virginia, USA d. 16 Dec 2006, Eden, Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	13 Apr 1968	Franklin, Virginia, USA   [2]
  Family ID	F685	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Feb 2019

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - - Roselawn Burial Park, Martinsville, Henry County, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S66] findagrave.com, November 2014 and later. [S253] Virginia, Marriage Records. 1936 - 2014 at ancestry.com, June 2015 and later.