Charles E. Brown, 82 of the Abba Community of Ben Hill County, Georgia died Tuesday, March 16 at the Irwin County Hospital.
Graveside services will be held 3 P.M. Thursday, March 18, 2010, at Abba Cemetery with Rev. Howard Kitchens officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home in Fitzgerald from 1:30 until 2:30 before the funeral.
Mr. Brown was born December 20, 1927 in Waycross to the late Carl J. and Lois McElmurray Brown. He was a farmer and lived in the community most of his life. Mr. Brown was a member of Abba Baptist Church.
He is survived by a brother and sister-in-law: W.J. “Jay” & Joan Brown of Macon; sister and brother-in-law: Sarah & Frank Harrison of Jacksonville, FL as well as three nephews and one niece. Along with his parents he preceded in death by a sister, Carolyn Brown.