William Walter Brown

William Walter Brown

LAYTON - William W. Brown, I, Layton, Utah, was born November 15, 1938 in Bessemer, Alabama where he grew up. At an early age he accepted Christ and was baptized at the First Baptist Church in Bessemer. He graduated from Durbar High School in Bessemer in 1957 and shortly thereafter relocated to LaGrange, Illinois. In 1962 he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force. His Air Force career took him all over the States, to Korea, Vietnam and Germany. He retired from Hill Air Force Base in 1981. He was a 32nd Degree Mason and was a lifetime member of the Veterans of Foreign War and the Disabled American Veterans. He seemed happiest when sharing with his grandchildren and rooting for the Chicago Cubs, Bears and Bulls. Before his disability in 1979 William loved to fish and bowl. He passed away on Thursday, August 27, 2004 at McKay-Dee Hospital in Ogden, Utah.

He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Ollie and Mollie Brown, who adopted and raised him; a sister, Mary Martin and two brothers, Charles E. Brown and Mark Keith Jackson. He is survived by his wife of 35 years, Shirley H. Brown; two sons, Michael Tyson (Gwanda), Baton Rouge, LA and William W. Brown, II (Melonie) of Roy, Utah; two daughters, Michele Tyson, Layton, Utah and Melba Tyson, Kansas City, Missouri; twelve grandchildren, Keith, Houston, TX; Joshua and Marcus, Baton Rouge, LA; Terry, Taniya and Shawn, Layton, Utah; Romel and Khiala, Kansas City, MO and Abigail, Mercedes, Sydney and Alexis and their grandparents, Francis and Cheryl Weymouth all of Roy, Utah.

He is also survived by his mother, Maggie Jackson, Newark, NJ; six brothers, Robert Jackson (Clara), Fairfield, AL; Charles Jackson (Debbie) and Nathaniel Jackson, Irving, NJ; Joseph Jackson (Angie), Newark, NJ; Leroy Jackson, Hillside, NJ and John Brown, Bessemer, AL; four sisters, Doris McSwain and Annie Jones, Hillside, NJ; Marsha Beckett, Chesapeake, VA and Diane Brooks (Henry), Union, NJ; three sisters-in-law, Elvira Bulger and Louise Salter (Morgan), Detroit, MI and Annie B. Burgess (Clyde), Aurora, CO; two brothers-in-law, Elder Frank Hogans (Gladys), Panama City, FL and Rev. James P. Hogans (Joyce), Detroit, MI; several nieces, nephews and cousins, "his parents away from home" Aubrey McKinnon (Dorothy), LaGrange, IL and many friends and acquaintances.

A special thanks to Carole, Bonnie, Connie, Judy, Lisa, John and the entire IHC staff and the Salt Lake City VA Medical Center doctors, nurses and staff for their care over the past 25 years; Davis North Hospital doctors, nurses and staff; Wasatch Care Center and McKay-Dee Hospital; Pastor Petty and the entire Second Baptist Church Family.
VisitationMyers Mortuary - Ogden
100 Monroe Blvd.
Ogden, UT 84404
September 3, 2004
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
ServiceMyers Mortuary of Ogden
845 Washington Blvd.
Ogden, UT 84404
September 4, 2004
11:00 AM
CemeteryCamp Williams

Bluffdale, UT
September 7, 2004
10:00 AM