He was preceded in death by his mother Clara Wilmeth Taylor of Clay WV; his father Columbus Washing Brown of Strange Creek WV; one brother, Daryl Bragg from Tabor City NC; and 2 sisters Coretta Crist of Fenwick WV and Bonnie Davis of Gassaway WV.

He is survived by one brother, Virgil Brown of Strange Creek WV; two sisters, Marcella Knight of Shawnee OK and Gladys Patterson of Sutton WV; and many nieces and nephews.

Visitation is Friday 5/1/15, from 10-11 a.m. with a funeral service at 11 a.m. Then burial will follow at the Gray Cemetery in Harrison WV with Rev. Ray Teets officiating.