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In Memory Of Our Poets

Hollis R. Brown (1924-1997) - Class Of 1942

Hollis R. Brown, 73, died unexpectedly on Thursday, September 4, 1997, in Gulfport, MS.  Mr. Brown was a former resident of Montgomery, AL.  He resided in Gulfport and retired in 1986 after 38 years with Mississippi Power Company as Vice President of Corporate Services.  He was preceded in death by his parents, Jesse and Golden Brown; his brother, Jesse Brown, and his sister, Nell Stewart.  Survivors include his wife, Betty Dover Brown, Gulfport, MS; one sister, Hilda Kreis, Montgomery, AL; three daughters, Kevan Jenner, Ocean Springs, MS, Barby White, Gulfport, MS, and Jill Grove, Pensacola, FL; and four grandchildren.  Funeral services were held Monday, September 8, 1997 at the Riemann Funeral Home, Gulfport, MS with burial in the Floral Hills Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Gulfport, MS.  The family requests memorials to either the First United Methodist Church, 2301 15th Street, Gulfport, MS 39501 or to the Boy Scouts of America, 6316 U. S. Highway 49, Hattiesburg, MS 39401