He was born on October 31, 1932 in Rowan County, Kentucky, a son of the late George and Sadie Clark Brown.

Mr. Brown was a retired Master Sergeant for the United States Air Force. He served during the Korean Conflict and Vietnam. Mr. Brown was a flight engineer on several flights for dignitaries and high ranking officials and he was the recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross.

He was also retired from Brown Metal Spinning in Eaton, Ohio.

Mr. Brown was a member of the Greenup Christian Church, a Kentucky Colonel and a volunteer at the Flatwoods Senior Citizens Center. He enjoyed working on clocks, gardening, canning and airplanes.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife, Patsy Lee Carter Brown who passed away in 2001, two brothers, Willie Brown and Ernest Brown and four sisters, Grace Yoder, Geraldine Crum, Wilma Hadwin and Flora Logan.

Survivors include his wife, Joyce Brown of Flatwoods, two daughters, Tami Wellman and her husband, Scott and Cindy Wassom and her husband, Jeffrey all of Eaton, Ohio, three brothers, Harold Brown, Claude Brown and Fred Brown all of Morehead, three sisters, Geneva Whittle and Juanita Cooper both of Morehead and Madeline Sewell of Muncie, Indiana, ten grandchildren, Emily Wassom, Eli Wassom, Elaina Wassom, Ben Wellman, Daniel Wellman, Hannah Wellman, Ruth Wellman, Nicolas Wellman, Rebecca Wellman and Joshua Wellman and several nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 P.M. Thursday, June 18, 2009 in the chapel of the Lane-Stucky-Gray Funeral Home with Homer Bradley officiating. Burial will follow in the Clark Cemetery at Cranston.

Full military honors will be conducted at the graveside by the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Honor Guard, who will also be serving as pallbearers.

Visitation is after 5:00 P.M. Wednesday.

Contributions are suggested to the Community Hospice Care Center, 2330 Pollard Street, Ashland, Kentucky 41101.