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Show Funeral Rites Held Monday for E. Ray Brown Funeral services for E. Ray Brown, 80, were held Monday, June 1 at 1:00 p.m. in the American Fork First Ward Chapel, under the direction of Bishop D. Ray Bishop. Mr. Brown died May 28, 1970 at his home of natural causes. Speakers who paid a glowing tribute to the deceased as an educator, family man and devoted de-voted church worker, were Bishop Earl S. Chadwick and Merrill N. Warnick and Bishop Bishop gave appropriate remarks. re-marks. A life sketch was given by George and Susan Brown. Darrell Wanlass favored with a vocal solo, "Face to Face," accompanied by Mary Humphries Humph-ries and Hal and Lucy Haycock played an organ duet. Prelude and postlude were also played by Mary Humphries. Family prayer, the invocation invoca-tion and benediction were offered off-ered by E. Ray Brown, Jr., Bishop Cloyd L. Christiansen and Earl V. Smith, in that order. or-der. Pallbearers were George and Richard Lee Brown, Robert and . Edward Jones, David Christiansen and Garth Taylor. Flowers were cared for and arranged by the Am. Fork First Ward Relief Society. The grave in Pleasant Grove City Cemetery was dedicated by Elgin Brown. Mr. Brown was born Aug. 11, 1889 in Kanab to Ebenezer and Clara Little Brown. He married mar-ried Marie Easton June 13, 1912 in the Salt Lake Temple. He was a member of the LDS church, a high priest, having served in the bishopric, stake clerk, and a mission in the Eastern Eas-tern States. He was a retired schoolteacher and dairy farmer. farm-er. Survivors include his widow, sons, daughters, G. Easton, Am. Fork; E. Ray Jr., Lindon; Lin-don; Mrs. Earl (June) Chadwick, Chad-wick, Am. Fork; Mrs. Arnold (Margarie) Jones, Lovell, Wyo. Mrs. Earl L. (Jane) Smith, Orem; Mrs. Cloyd (Ruth) Christiansen, Pleasant Grove; 26 grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren; brothers, Elgin, Alvin T., both Lovell, Wyo. |