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James Ernest Brown

Male 1926 - 2009  (82 years)


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  • Name James Ernest Brown  [1, 2
    Birth 8 Oct 1926  Mulberry, Polk, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1930  Mulberry, Polk, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Death 8 May 2009  Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • James Ernest Brown, 82, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, May 8, 2009.

      He was born on October 8, 1926 in Mulberry, FL. to Claude Lorain Brown Jr. and Stella Evelyn Greene.

      He was a veteran & served in the U.S. Army during World War II.

      Ernest retired from the Jacksonville Fire Department as a Captain in 1972. He then went on to serve the Panama City Beach Fire Department as Fire Chief until 1981.

      He was of the Baptist faith and a member of Duval Station Baptist Church.

      Ernest is survived by his faithful wife of 50 years, Dorothy McCoy Brown; his son, Stephen J. Brown (Connie); his daughter, Valerie Brown Sawyer (Joshua); grandchildren, Matt, Tonya, Kelly, Robbie and Jamie; several great-grandchildren, other extended family and dear friends.

      Ernest will be remembered for his love of God, his family, the Bible, Gator football and playing his guitar.

      Funeral services will be held on Monday May 11 at 1:00 PM in the chapel of Cedar Bay Funeral Home, 405 New Berlin Road, Jacksonville, 714-1110, with Brother Steve McCoy officiating. Interment will follow in Ferreira cemetery.

      The family will receive friends on Sunday (Today) from 4-6 PM.

      "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith."

      Published in the Florida Times-Union from May 9 to May 10, 2009.
    Burial Ferreira Cemetery, Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I4934  tng Genealogy

    Father Claude Lorain Brown,   b. 11 Feb 1897, Hamilton, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Dec 1932, Columbia, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 35 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Stella Evelyn Greene,   b. 17 Aug 1903, Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jan 1990, Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 16 Oct 1921 
    Family ID F1955  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Living 
    Children 
     1. Living
    Family ID F1966  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Dorothy Jean McCoy,   b. 13 Dec 1937, Vidalia, Toombs, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Dec 2016, Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Marriage 1 Aug 1959 
    Children 
    +1. Living
    Family ID F1967  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 8 Oct 1926 - Mulberry, Polk, Florida, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1930 - Mulberry, Polk, Florida, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 8 May 2009 - Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S541] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110425719.
      Record for Chief James Ernest Brown
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=63647392&indiv=try
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=63647392&indiv=try

    2. [S337] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;).
      Year: 1930; Census Place: Mulberry, Polk, Florida; Roll 330; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 43; Image: 1077.0.
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&h=103481976&indiv=try
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