Charles M. Brown - Submitted for the USGenWeb by Richard P. Sevier 5/20/2012 USGenWeb NOTICE: All documents placed in the USGenWeb remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities, when written permission is obtained from the contributor, so long as all notices and submitter information are included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. ************************************************************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. ************************************************************************************************** Charles M. Brown - Madison Parish, Louisiana From Tallulah Madison Journal April 15, 1992 Memorial services for former state Sen. Charles M. Brown, 72, were held at 4 p.m. Monday at the First Baptist Church with Rev. John Rushing officiating. Family graveside services were held at 2 p.m. Monday at Silver Cross Cemetery under direction Of Crothers-Glenwood Funeral Home. Senator Brown died Sunday at Vicksburg Medical Center after a lengthy illness. He had lived in Madison Parish since 1927. He was a member of the Tallulah First Baptist Church, a 32nd Degree Mason and a member of Barak Shrine Temple in Monroe. He represented the 32nd Senatorial District from 1964 to 1976 and served as chairman of the Agriculture Committee for eight years. After retirement he was appointed to the Louisiana Commission on Governmental Ethics. He was a past president of the Madison Parish Chamber of Commerce and Madison Parish Cattlemen's Association. He was a member of the Farm Bureau and member and past president of the Louisiana Hereford Association and the Louisiana Polled Hereford Association and also served as director of the LSU Livestock Show. He was a member of the American Hereford Association and was inducted into the National Polled Hereford Hall of Fame in Kansas City in 1975. That year the National Polled Hereford Show was named in his honor. He was preceded in death by his wife, Marilyn Duplissey Brown. Survivors include two sons, Jim Brown and Dick Brown, both of Tallulah; one grandson; four granddaughters; two great-grandchildren; one sister; Jewel King of Tallulah and one brother; Belvin Brown of Tecopa, Calif.