Obituary: George C. Brown

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BROWN, GEORGE C. 
 Age 76, a resident of 514 North Main St., Masontown, died in the Mount
Macrina Nursing Home on Saturday, July 6, 1974. He was a member of the
First Presbyterian Church, Masontown. He served as a corporal in World War I,
was a member of Company D, 110th Infantry Division, United States Army, dur-
ing World War I, and served as a lieutenant colonel during World War II in the
famed Twenty-Eighth Division of the Air Force. He was a partner in the Brown
and Smiley Insurance Agency, Uniontown, and a member of Valley Lodge F &AM.
Uniontown Lodge of Perfection, Syria Temple, Pittsburgh, Masontown American
Legion and VFW, Fourth and Eighth, Retired Officers' Association, and B.P.O. Elks 370,
Uniontown. He was the former registrar of wills in Fayette County, former Fayette County
Republican Chairman and former member of the State Republican Committee. Preceding
him in death was his wife. Caroline A. Brown, in 1972. Surviving are one sister
Mrs. Eugene (Beautrice) Breamer of Pittsburgh, and several nieces. Friends will be
received in the Yoney Funeral Home, Masontown, today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m..
where funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. with Rev. Dr. Earl P. Confer of-
ficiating. Burial will be in Masontown Cemetery. Military rites will be accorded at
graveside by Masontown VFW and American Legion. Masons' Valley Lodge 459 F&AM
will hold ritualistic services today at 8 p.m.