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Obituary
Walter Brown, Jr.,
88, of Huntington, widower of Iva E. Brown, passed away Tuesday January 21,
2014 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 pm Friday at
the New Beginning Apostolic Church by Pastor T.D. Mills and Bishop Norman
Mills. Burial will follow in White Chapel Memorial Gardens, Barboursville.
He was born June 11, 1925 in Cabell County, WV a son of the late Walter
Brown, Sr. and Carrie Cliff Brown. He was a retired employee of Houdaille
Industries. Walter was a US Navy Veteran having served for 3 ½ years in the
Pacific Theater with the 3rd and 5th Fleets during WWII. He was a member of
the US Navy Reserve and was a life member of the DAV. Walter was a
Huntington Police Reserve Officer and a Kentucky Colonel. He was also a
member of New Beginning Apostolic Church, formerly the 25th St. Pentecostal
Church. In addition to his wife and parents he was preceded in death by a
daughter Linda Smithey and three sisters Mary Brown, Nellie Abrahams and
Grace Gosney. Survivors include two sons and daughters in law Rev. Walter
Benjamin "Bennie" Brown and his wife Sheryl Brown and Jobe Frederick and
Susan Brown all of Huntington; daughter Deborah Kay Olivarez and her husband
Ernest of Upper Sandusky, Ohio; son in law John C. Smithey of Conway, SC;
grandchildren Rachel Strickland, Jennifer Hardin, Johnathon Smithey,
Christel Holley, Karen Donahue, Philip Olivarez, Benjamin A. Brown, Michele
Brown, Jessica Brown and Chelsea Brown; 18 great grandchildren; two step
great grandchildren; brother Robert G. Brown of Hampton, VA and several
nieces and nephews. The family wishes to extend special appreciation to his
caregiver Beth Adkins and to his granddaughter Michele and great grandson
Kurtlen for the 5 years they lived with their grandfather and took care of
him so he could remain in his home. Friends may call from 6 to 8 pm Thursday
at the New Beginning Apostolic Church. Graveside military rites will be
performed by American Legion Post 93 of Kenova, WV. Reger Funeral Home is
assisting the family.
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