James L. Brown

SERVICES: Graveside services will be at 3:00 PM Monday, Sept. 25, 2006, at Fairview Cemetery with Rev. Kyle Ohsfeldt, pastor of Grace Baptist Church, officiating. Arrangements are by Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors.BIOGRAPHY: Mr. Brown was born Sept. 9, 1911 in Barnsdall, Oklahoma. He moved to Colorado when he was less than a year old in a covered wagon. He married Catherine Oliver on Sept. 17, 1938 in Jay, Oklahoma. He was married to his "Little Lamb", the love of his life for 64 years. She preceded him in death on Feb. 24, 2002. Mr. Brown worked as a gasoline plant operator for Cities Service Oil Co. for 40 years in both Oklahoma and Texas, retiring in 1973. He was a member of the Grace Baptist Church in Pampa and was a member of Highland Baptist Church in Duncan, Oklahoma for 23 years before moving to Pampa in 1996.SURVIVORS: Daughter: Sue Snow and husband Frank of Pampa; Son: Bill Brown and wife Elizabeth of Barnsdall, OK; brother: Phillip Brown of Ramona, OK; 3 granddaughters: Melinda Ritthaler of Burleson, Melissa Snow of Pampa and Andrea Lackey of Roanoke; 2 grandsons: Jay Snow of Colleyville and Richard Brown of Roanoke; 8 great grandchildren: Taryn and Dak Fallon, Trey Ritthaler, Garrett Snow, Nathan and Kaitlyn Brown, and Eric and Christopher Lackey. He was preceded in death by his parents, Richard and Sally Carter Brown, and by 4 brothers, Nathan, Pete, Ted, and Darl Brown. MEMORIALS: St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, P. O. Box 50, Memphis, TN 38101-9929 or Grace Baptist Church, 824 S. Barnes, Pampa, TX 79065.