Great-Uncle Carlton was one of the kindest and good men one could hope to ever meet.
He was also my God Father.
He would read voraciously and loved American history.
When WWII broke out, he, as millions of other American men, promptly answered the call to defend our country. He was stationed on the Galapagos Islands where the U.S. had an airstrip, mainly used as an emergency landing for Allied planes. Later he was stationed in South & Central America, guarding Allied assets (oilfields, mines, Panama Canal, etc).
Postwar, Uncle Carlton entered the hotel/country club business. He (in chronological order) managed the Army-Navy Country Club in Bethesda, the Mayflower Hotel in Wash., D.C., the Arlington Country Club, then the Commonwealth Club in Richmond.
While managing the Army-Navy CC, he rubbed elbows with Admirals, Generals and other naval or army officers; he was on a first-name basis with General of the Army Omar Bradley--!
He loved his family dearly and was always willing to help. He and Great-Aunt Laura (my mother's aunt and namesake) sponsored my parents & older sister who immigrated from France in Winter '48-49, boarding them upstairs in their home with Carlton getting my father his 1st job.
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C. Carlton Brown, age 87, born in 1919 in Mentone, Ala., passed away Tuesday, November 7, 2006 in Richmond. Predeceased by his wife, Laura G. Brown. He is survived by his children, David S. Brown and his wife, Kathryn, of Vienna, Va., Marsha A. Pressel and her husband, Larry, and Chris C. Brown and his wife, Susan, all of Richmond; six grandchildren, Aimee, Kelsi, Kerry, Darcy, Kyle, and Caleb; one great-granddaughter, Kaylee; three sisters, Sarah Harris of Cleveland, Tenn., Carrie Ruth Kirby and Catherine Bailey, both of Mentone, Ala.; also many nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at the Parham Chapel Woody Funeral Home, 1771 Parham Rd., where funeral services will be held 11 a.m Saturday. Interment Roselawn Memorial Gardens.
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From the Richmond Times-Dispatch (VA) - November 9, 2006
He was also my God Father.
He would read voraciously and loved American history.
When WWII broke out, he, as millions of other American men, promptly answered the call to defend our country. He was stationed on the Galapagos Islands where the U.S. had an airstrip, mainly used as an emergency landing for Allied planes. Later he was stationed in South & Central America, guarding Allied assets (oilfields, mines, Panama Canal, etc).
Postwar, Uncle Carlton entered the hotel/country club business. He (in chronological order) managed the Army-Navy Country Club in Bethesda, the Mayflower Hotel in Wash., D.C., the Arlington Country Club, then the Commonwealth Club in Richmond.
While managing the Army-Navy CC, he rubbed elbows with Admirals, Generals and other naval or army officers; he was on a first-name basis with General of the Army Omar Bradley--!
He loved his family dearly and was always willing to help. He and Great-Aunt Laura (my mother's aunt and namesake) sponsored my parents & older sister who immigrated from France in Winter '48-49, boarding them upstairs in their home with Carlton getting my father his 1st job.
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C. Carlton Brown, age 87, born in 1919 in Mentone, Ala., passed away Tuesday, November 7, 2006 in Richmond. Predeceased by his wife, Laura G. Brown. He is survived by his children, David S. Brown and his wife, Kathryn, of Vienna, Va., Marsha A. Pressel and her husband, Larry, and Chris C. Brown and his wife, Susan, all of Richmond; six grandchildren, Aimee, Kelsi, Kerry, Darcy, Kyle, and Caleb; one great-granddaughter, Kaylee; three sisters, Sarah Harris of Cleveland, Tenn., Carrie Ruth Kirby and Catherine Bailey, both of Mentone, Ala.; also many nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at the Parham Chapel Woody Funeral Home, 1771 Parham Rd., where funeral services will be held 11 a.m Saturday. Interment Roselawn Memorial Gardens.
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From the Richmond Times-Dispatch (VA) - November 9, 2006
Great-Uncle Carlton was one of the kindest and good men one could hope to ever meet.
He was also my God Father.
He would read voraciously and loved American history.
When WWII broke out, he, as millions of other American men, promptly answered the call to defend our country. He was stationed on the Galapagos Islands where the U.S. had an airstrip, mainly used as an emergency landing for Allied planes. Later he was stationed in South & Central America, guarding Allied assets (oilfields, mines, Panama Canal, etc).
Postwar, Uncle Carlton entered the hotel/country club business. He (in chronological order) managed the Army-Navy Country Club in Bethesda, the Mayflower Hotel in Wash., D.C., the Arlington Country Club, then the Commonwealth Club in Richmond.
While managing the Army-Navy CC, he rubbed elbows with Admirals, Generals and other naval or army officers; he was on a first-name basis with General of the Army Omar Bradley--!
He loved his family dearly and was always willing to help. He and Great-Aunt Laura (my mother's aunt and namesake) sponsored my parents & older sister who immigrated from France in Winter '48-49, boarding them upstairs in their home with Carlton getting my father his 1st job.
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C. Carlton Brown, age 87, born in 1919 in Mentone, Ala., passed away Tuesday, November 7, 2006 in Richmond. Predeceased by his wife, Laura G. Brown. He is survived by his children, David S. Brown and his wife, Kathryn, of Vienna, Va., Marsha A. Pressel and her husband, Larry, and Chris C. Brown and his wife, Susan, all of Richmond; six grandchildren, Aimee, Kelsi, Kerry, Darcy, Kyle, and Caleb; one great-granddaughter, Kaylee; three sisters, Sarah Harris of Cleveland, Tenn., Carrie Ruth Kirby and Catherine Bailey, both of Mentone, Ala.; also many nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at the Parham Chapel Woody Funeral Home, 1771 Parham Rd., where funeral services will be held 11 a.m Saturday. Interment Roselawn Memorial Gardens.
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From the Richmond Times-Dispatch (VA) - November 9, 2006
He was also my God Father.
He would read voraciously and loved American history.
When WWII broke out, he, as millions of other American men, promptly answered the call to defend our country. He was stationed on the Galapagos Islands where the U.S. had an airstrip, mainly used as an emergency landing for Allied planes. Later he was stationed in South & Central America, guarding Allied assets (oilfields, mines, Panama Canal, etc).
Postwar, Uncle Carlton entered the hotel/country club business. He (in chronological order) managed the Army-Navy Country Club in Bethesda, the Mayflower Hotel in Wash., D.C., the Arlington Country Club, then the Commonwealth Club in Richmond.
While managing the Army-Navy CC, he rubbed elbows with Admirals, Generals and other naval or army officers; he was on a first-name basis with General of the Army Omar Bradley--!
He loved his family dearly and was always willing to help. He and Great-Aunt Laura (my mother's aunt and namesake) sponsored my parents & older sister who immigrated from France in Winter '48-49, boarding them upstairs in their home with Carlton getting my father his 1st job.
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C. Carlton Brown, age 87, born in 1919 in Mentone, Ala., passed away Tuesday, November 7, 2006 in Richmond. Predeceased by his wife, Laura G. Brown. He is survived by his children, David S. Brown and his wife, Kathryn, of Vienna, Va., Marsha A. Pressel and her husband, Larry, and Chris C. Brown and his wife, Susan, all of Richmond; six grandchildren, Aimee, Kelsi, Kerry, Darcy, Kyle, and Caleb; one great-granddaughter, Kaylee; three sisters, Sarah Harris of Cleveland, Tenn., Carrie Ruth Kirby and Catherine Bailey, both of Mentone, Ala.; also many nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at the Parham Chapel Woody Funeral Home, 1771 Parham Rd., where funeral services will be held 11 a.m Saturday. Interment Roselawn Memorial Gardens.
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From the Richmond Times-Dispatch (VA) - November 9, 2006
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