Mr. Brown died Sunday, July 5, in Temple.
He was born April 5, 1919, in Jamaica. He grew up in Jamaica where he served as a corporal in the Jamaican Army and worked as a carpenter. He married Hazel Eileen Lyon in 1968 in Jamaica. They moved to Bronx, N.Y., on April 19, 1979, where he worked as a security guard.
Survivors include his wife of 41 years, Hazel Brown of Killeen; four sons, Basil Brown of Jamaica, Richard Oakley of Florida, Glendon Junior Oakley of Killeen and Derrick Brown of New York; two daughters, Jean Brown of Florida and Darian Brown of New York; eight grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.


