Richard F. Brown

Published 12:00 am Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Richard F. “Bill” Brown passed away Sunday, Aug. 9, 2009. He was 79.

Mr. Brown was born in Vicksburg. He lived in Redwood and graduated from Redwood High School and was of the Methodist faith.

He was preceded in death by his parents, James Franklin and Iva Baker Brown.

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Survivors include his wife, Margerey S. Brown; three daughters, Judy Formby and husband Alan and Rhonda Tuggle, all of Vicksburg, and Brenda Sims and husband Andy of Gallman; one son, Richard Allen Brown and wife Shiela of Utica; two brothers, Donald Brown of Fort Meade, Fla., and George Brown of Vicksburg; two sisters, Grace Scott of Bovina and Dorothy Griffith of Vicksburg; 11 grandchildren, Matthew and Michael Brown, Brian, Erin and David Formby, Cerissa Neal and husband Sid Neal, Rachel Sullivan and husband Bobby, and Daniel, Joel, Paul and Andrea Sims; and seven great-grandchildren.

Services will be Wednesday at 10 a.m. at Fisher Funeral Home with the Rev. Billie Abraham officiating. Burial will follow at Green Acres Memorial Park. Visitation will be tonight from 5 until 7.

Pallbearers will be Matthew and Michael Brown, Brian and David Formby, Joel and Daniel Sims.

Honorary pallbearers will be V.O. Stevens, Phares Griffin and Lynn McDuff.

Memorials may be made to the St. Jude Children’s Foundation, 501 St. Jude’s Place, Memphis, TN, 38105.