William Howard Brown

Mr. William Howard Brown, Sr. of Lento Road near Varnville, died early Thursday morning in the Hampton Regional Medical Center.

Mr. Brown was born in Hampton County near Varnville, December 21, 1930, a son of the late Angus Murrell Brown and Lena Elizabeth Mayson Brown.  A 1948 graduate of Furman High School, Howard married Annette Smith of Grays, S.C. in 1953.  He farmed the Home Place for many years and retired from Westinghouse Corporation in Hampton.  He was a member of the Nixville Baptist Church where he was a Choir member, a member of the Stafford Masonic Lodge, and was a member of the Lillie Chapter # 27, Order of the Eastern Star.  He was an avid fisherman, spending many hours with Annette in the Pocotaligo and Broad Rivers, fishing, crabbing and shrimping.

Surviving besides his wife of Varnville are:  Sons:  William "Billy" Brown and wife Maree of Varnville, Wallace Edward Brown and wife Christle of Walterboro;  Daughter:  Elizabeth Jane "Betty" Breland and husband Rodney of Ruffin;  and grandchildren:  Kevin, Michael, Eddie, Kim, Destiny, Roman, Roger, Chrissy, Hope, Dianne, John and Joseph.  There are 19 Great Grandchildren and 1 Great, Great Grandchild.  Mr. Brown was predeceased by a daughter, Roberta Diane Cook.

Funeral services will be 3 P.M. Sunday in the Nixville Baptist Church conducted by Rev. Tim Minchey and Rev. Allan Kircher, with burial in the Mt. Carmel United Methodist Church Cemetery, directed by Peeples-Rhoden Funeral Home in Hampton.

Visitation will begin Saturday at 1 P.M. at Mr. Brown's residence located at 3412 Lento Road and Sunday beginning at 2 P.M. prior to services when the casket will be placed in the Church.

The family suggests that those who wish may send memorials to the Gideons, Hampton Camp, P.O. Box 22, Hampton, SC 29924.