Leon Brown

Services will be at 10:00 AM Saturday, November 10, 2012, at Central Baptist Church, with Rev. Norman Rushing, pastor, Rev. Rick Parnell, associate pastor, and Rev. Mike Watson, pastor of Hobart Baptist Church, officiating.Burial will follow in Memory Gardens Cemetery under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors. Mr. Brown was born July 11, 1924 in Cleveland County, Arkansas. He attended school in Arkansas, and moved to Perryton in 1944. He married Augusta Matthews on June 16, 1945 in Mobeetie. She preceded him in death in 2010. He had been a resident of Pampa since 1948. In 1950, Leon went to work for Cities Service Gas Company, retiring in 1982. He was a member of Central Baptist Church. He enjoyed traveling, fishing and gardening.Survivors include two daughters: Ruth Fletcher and husband John and their daughter, Susan Fletcher of Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Glenna Brown and husband Bob Johnston of Rockwall; a brother: Lonnie Brown and wife Betty of Warren, Arkansas; a sister: Mattie Clark and husband Shelton of Lake Village, Arkansas; two sisters-in-law: Ruth Brown and Ruby Brown, both of Monticello, Arkansas. Leon was preceded in death by two brothers: T. H. Brown and Larkin Brown.Memorials may be offered to Central Baptist Church Building Fund, 513 E. Francis, Pampa, Texas 79065.