David Earl Brown's Obituary
David Earl Brown, 62, of 6020 Carolina Beach Road, Lot 12-D, Wilmington, died Thursday, October 20, 2005, at the W. G. "Bill" Hefner Medical Center in Salisbury.
A graveside service with interment to follow will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday at the VA National Cemetery in Salisbury. The Rev. Otis L. Snow will officiate. Full military honors will be conducted by the US Air Force.
The family will receive friends from 12 to 1 p.m. Monday at Lady's Funeral Home. At other times they will be at the home of his son, Ed Brown, 2350 Ritchie Road, China Grove.
Born September 15, 1943, in Lumberton, he was a son of the late Edward Lee Brown and Pauline Melvin Brown. He retired in 1981 as a technical sergeant from the US Air Force, following 21 years of service. He had lived in the Wilmington area for the past 10 years.
Survivors include his wife, Judy Poston Brown; a son, Edward Taft Brown and wife, Joanna, of China Grove; a daughter, Holly Serita Brown of Kannapolis; a brother, Ronnie Lee Brown and wife, Marie, of Wilmington; a granddaughter, Morgan Elizabeth Brown; and two nieces, Carmen Brown of Wilmington and Amber Brown of Raleigh.
Memorials may be sent to The Air Force Aid Society, Inc., Suite 202, 241 18th Street, South, Arlington, VA 22202 or Lower Cape Fear Hospice & Life Care Center, 725A Wellington Ave., Wilmington, NC 28401.
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