CALVIN BROWN

DONGOLA, Ill. -- Calvin A. Brown, 77, of Dongola died Friday, July 2, 1999, at Vencor Hospital in St. Louis.

He was born Dec. 3, 1921, at Dongola, son of Everett and Rosa Kesler Brown. He was married on Aug. 19, 1950, to Martha Schultz.

He was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and attended Campground Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He was an Army veteran of World War II, serving in the 7th Infantry. He was retired from Southern Illinois Electric Coop where he had worked as a lineman.

He is survived by his wife; two daughters, Vickie Hurley of Mount Dora, Fla., and Rosita Taake of Ullin; a son, Phillip Brown of Dongola; six sisters, Wilda Barnett of Park Hills, Mo., Elsie Ohmart of Florissant, Mo., Clara Moody and Bertha McCullough, both of Terre Haute, Ind., Lorese Pulliam of Elkmont, Ala., and Lela Morse of Lewistown, Mo.; two brothers, David Brown of Dongola and Everett Brown Jr. of Midwest City, Okla.; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, a daughter and two great-grandsons.

Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. today at the Crain Funeral Home in Dongola.

Visitation will also be on Monday until the funeral at 1:30 p.m. at the funeral home. The Rev. Bill Darnell will preside over services. Interment will follow in American Legion Cemetery. Military honors will be presented by Carroll P. Foster of VFW Post 3455.