This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Brown, Hilliard Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hkB.2ACE/9707 Message Board Post: Rockdale Reporter, Thur., 10 June 1995 Memorial services for Joseph C. “Jake” Brown, 40, were held at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 10, in St. John’s United Methodist Church with Rev. Doug Baker of St. John’s officiating. Mr. Brown died Wednesday, June 7, in Houston. He had been a resident of that city for the past 14 years, moving to Houston from Florida. He was born Aug. 2, 1954 in Miami, FL to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. (Berry Hilliard) Brown. He was employed in real estate sales development and was in the real estate business for 16 years. Survivors include his parents, Joseph J. and Betty Brown of Rockdale; sisters and brothers-in-law Lucinda and Philip Camegie of Manassas, VA, and Jennie and Emmet Perry of Houston; also, three nieces, two nephews and other family and friends. Mr. Brown was a member of the Methodist Church. He was a graduate of Palmetto High School and Atlantic University, both in Miami, FL.