I have his name as Leroy Howard Brown in my Brown file. I have him connected to my Brown family through his mothers line and not through his paternal Brown line. The Southern Illinoisan, April 16, 2009 Howard Brown HURST - Howard "Lee" Brown , 62, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, April 15, 2009. Lee was born July 17, 1946, to Roy Howard Brown and Daphne Marie Hamilton (Black). He married Sandra Presley in 1971. She survives. Lee was a member of First Christian Church in Hurst. He graduated from Mount Vernon Township High School in 1963. He received a Master of Science degree at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Lee retired from SIUC in 2006. Lee was proudest of his family and his service to his country in the U.S. Marine Corps. Survivors include his wife, Sandra; daughter, Leanne Cornell and husband, Chris, of Herrin; son, Chris Brown and his fiancé, Debi Mincey, of Belleville; brother, Clay Hamilton and wife, Bernice, of Galesburg; sister, Susan Jansen and husband, John, of Washington, Ind.; two stepbrothers, Danny and Dale Hamilton; stepsister, Toni White; and five grandchildren, Tucker, Marshall, Mariah, Kaylin and Emma. He was preceded in death by his parents; grandparents; and mother-in-law. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 18, 2009, in Walker Funeral Home in Hurst. Interment is in Blairsville Cemetery in Blairsville. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, April 17, 2009, at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Marine Corps League Toys for Tots.