'CECIL RAY BROWN, AGE 91, WAS BORN JUNE 10, 1922 AND PASSED AWAY ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 2014, AT THE WAYNE COUNTY HOSPITAL. HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE JOHN ELBERT BROWN AND ATHER (HORTON) BROWN MASSENGALE.

HE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO JUANITA GUFFEY. TO THIS 71 YEAR UNION, THEY WERE BLESSED WITH SIX CHILDREN: CECIL KAY BROWN, BARBARA CROUCH, TWILA HAYNES, LINDA LAIR, GARY BROWN, AND BARRY BROWN. HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY 11 GRANDCHILDREN: DIANA BROWN, LISA LITTLE, SANDRA COE, JOHNNY BROWN, RYAN CROUCH, MIKE HAYNES, DEREK HAYNES, JONATHAN LAIR, TINA TICHENOR, ADAM BROWN, AND AARON BROWN. ALSO SURVIVING ARE 9 GREAT-GRAND CHILDREN: MADISON COE, BRODIE COE, DAWSON CROUCH, TYLER HAYNES, JACOB KITCHEN, NOAH KITCHEN, ABIGAIL HAYNES, ASHLEY BROWN, AND AMBER SMITH.

IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS, HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY 3 CHILD SIBLINGS: JACK, BILLY, AND MARY SUE BROWN; 2 BROTHERS: GEORGE AND EDWIN \u0027GEE\u0027 BROWN; 3 SISTERS: LOIS ANN BERTRAM, JOYCE MARIE FROST, AND GENEVA RUTH PIERCE; 1 GRANDDAUGTHER: DARCIE HOBART; AND ONE SON-IN-LAW: FRED DUNCAN CROUCH.

HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE ARMY IN WORLD WAR II, WHERE HE WAS WOUNDED IN ACTION AND RECEIVED THE PURPLE HEART. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS WAYNE COUNTY CHAPTER 105 FOR 36 YEARS.

HE HAD ACCEPTED CHRIST AS HIS SAVIOR AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE, WHERE HE ATTENDED FOR MANY YEARS UNTIL HIS HEALTH DECLINED.

HE WAS A LOVING HUSBAND, FATHER, AND PAPA AND WILL BE SADLY MISSED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM.

Visitation:
5 to 9 PM Friday in the Funeral Home Chapel

Funeral:
11 AM Saturday in the Chapel of the Funeral Home

Interment:
Elk Spring Cemetery',