Showing posts with label Longview. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Longview. Show all posts

Friday, October 16, 2026

In Memoriam: George Calvin Brown (1858 - 1932)

 
George Calvin Brown
Born: December 14, 1858
Died: October 3, 1932
Buried:  Sanders Cemetery Bedford Co TN

Joined Union Ridge Baptist as a young man
transferred his membership to Longview.

Predeceased by infant child and by daughter Bessie Bell Brown Rutledge


Survivors
Wife:  Sallie Ann Sanders married in 1880

5 sons
William Edgar Brown
Thomas Henry Brown
George Frank Brown
Alvin Calvin Brown
Roscoe Herbert Brown

2 daughters
Mary Tennessee Brown Smotherman
Beulah Ellen Brown Brown

Host of Grandchildren and several great grandchildren.

Sources:  
"In Memory," The Bedford County Times (Shelbyville,TN) Dec 22, 1932, p 4, col 1 & 2;image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHK-Q3T3-FKCQ : accessed 16 Oct 2026) IGN 8992182, Image 592 of 960.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31045195/george_calvin-brown: accessed 16 Oct 2026), memorial page for George Calvin Brown (14 Dec 1858–3 Oct 1932), Memorial ID 31045195, citing Sanders Cemetery, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA.

Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Cook Family Reunion Held At Longview June 1952



The following clipping is from the Murfreesboro TN newspaper article listing those in attendance at the Cook reunion in Longview.  

The Daily News-Journal  Murfreesboro, Tennessee  Sun, Jun 8, 1952 – pg. 9
available to subscribers at https://www.newspapers.com