Herbert Brown

Herbert "Bud" Brown, 79, of Murrieta, Calif., died Friday, April 6, 2007, at Loma Linda, Calif., VA Hospital.

He was born May 25, 1927, at Morehouse, Mo.

Brown was a resident of Murrieta 10 years, and was a member of Las Brisas Bible Fellowship Church.

He served in the U.S. Navy from 1944 to 1946.

Survivors include his wife, Edith Brown; two daughters, Lana Henson and Cynthia Jalajas of Lexington, S.C.; three brothers, Howard Brown of Cape Girardeau, Eugene Brown of Millersville, Kenneth Brown of St. Louis; two sisters, Charlene Holt of Sikeston, Mo., Ina Wyrick of Morehouse; three grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield.