Jay Arthur Brown

Jay Arthur Brown

Birth
Pennsylvania, USA
Death
18 Sep 2009 (aged 77)
Fishersville, Augusta County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Orlean, Fauquier County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Jay Arthur Brown, 77, of Fishersville, VA died on Friday, September 18, 2009. He was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania on April 2, 1932, a son of Edwin Roy Brown Sr. and Lila Anderson Brown.

Mr. Brown retired after 30 years as a cartographer with the Defense Mapping Agency in Washington, D.C. A former assistant scoutmaster with troop 1369, he was also an avid lighthouse collector. Mr. Brown enjoyed storytelling through cartoons and creating caricatures.
He leaves his wife of 50 years, Helen Sue Brown, a son and daughter-law, Jay A. Brown II and Robin Brown of Marshall, VA. Mr. Brown is also survived by a brother, Homer A. Brown of Johnstown and two sisters; Doris E. Brown of Lancaster, PA and Darlene F. Printz of Leesburg, FL. He was the beloved grandfather of Tiffany Hanback of Gainesville, VA and Josie Brown of the home. He was preceded in death by two sisters and three brothers.

Services and interment at Orlean Cemetery in Orlean, VA will be private. In lieu of flowers, please make memorial contributions to the charity that enhanced his last years, the Talking Book Center, 1 Churchville Ave, Staunton, VA 24401
---Moser Funeral Home Obituary
Jay Arthur Brown, 77, of Fishersville, VA died on Friday, September 18, 2009. He was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania on April 2, 1932, a son of Edwin Roy Brown Sr. and Lila Anderson Brown.

Mr. Brown retired after 30 years as a cartographer with the Defense Mapping Agency in Washington, D.C. A former assistant scoutmaster with troop 1369, he was also an avid lighthouse collector. Mr. Brown enjoyed storytelling through cartoons and creating caricatures.
He leaves his wife of 50 years, Helen Sue Brown, a son and daughter-law, Jay A. Brown II and Robin Brown of Marshall, VA. Mr. Brown is also survived by a brother, Homer A. Brown of Johnstown and two sisters; Doris E. Brown of Lancaster, PA and Darlene F. Printz of Leesburg, FL. He was the beloved grandfather of Tiffany Hanback of Gainesville, VA and Josie Brown of the home. He was preceded in death by two sisters and three brothers.

Services and interment at Orlean Cemetery in Orlean, VA will be private. In lieu of flowers, please make memorial contributions to the charity that enhanced his last years, the Talking Book Center, 1 Churchville Ave, Staunton, VA 24401
---Moser Funeral Home Obituary


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