Wade C. “Butch” Brown, 84, son of Gilford and Mary Aldridge Brown, was born April 26, 1924, at the family farm at Solo. He died July 13, 2008, at Houston House Nursing Center after a short illness.
He married Katherine McCall Dec. 21, 1946. They shared 57 years on the farm at Solo before moving in February 2004 to Houston. They were married 61.5 years.
Mr. Brown was drafted for World War II and served from 1944 to 1946. After an agricultural deferment, he spent the balance of his time in Germany attaining the rank of tech sergeant. He always said there was nothing sweeter than seeing the Statue of Liberty on his return to the states.
He was a farmer and worked in the lumber industry, making pallets, peeling poles and scaling logs. He loved the timber and his chain saw, the outdoors and growing a huge garden. His family was his whole world.
Mr. Brown was a long-time member of the New Hope Baptist Church at Solo.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and brothers: infants Delmar and Elmer, Paul, Orville and Roy Dean; and sisters, Pearl and Carol Kay.
Surviving are his wife of the home; two sons, Terry of Mountain Grove and Duard of Ozark; one daughter, Mary Alice Day of Republic; two brothers, Dwaine of Rolla and Gerald of Houston; three sisters, Letha Miller of Blue Springs, Jewell Webster of Kansas City and Fern Miller of Cabool; three grandchildren; one great-grandson, two step-grandchildren, three step-great-grandsons and special friends, Carl and Jan Watson.
Services are 10 o’clock today (Thursday) at the Evans Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Wesley Wallace officiating. Burial is in the New Hope Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the New Hope Cemetery Association or Hospice of Care.
