Irvin Brown © Amarillo Globe-News June 17, 2002
SKELLYTOWN - Irvin Brown, 83, died Saturday, June 15, 2002.Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in First Baptist Church with the Rev. Fines Marchman, and the Rev. Jim Fox, pastor of Hillcrest Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery in Pampa by Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors.
Mr. Brown married Fedda Allen on Jan. 18, 1941, in Haskell, Okla. He was awarded a Purple Heart during World War II.
Survivors include a son, Larry Brown of Skellytown; two sisters, Argie Smith of Morris, Okla., and Norma Jean Grain of Haskell, Okla.; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be to First Baptist Church of Skellytown.