Clara and Michael Underwood and Alyssa and Dixie Haley.
Services were held April 9, 2024 at Cooper Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Doug Parker, Dale Baptist Church of Dale officiating. Burial will follow at a later date at Newton Cemetery, Newton, TX. under the direction of Cooper Funeral Home of Tecumseh.
James ‘Jim’ Robert Brown passed away April 3, 2024. Jim was born.
Jim was born to Verbal Gertude Jones and Jeff Davis Brown in Newton TX , Oct. 30, 1941. He graduated from Shawnee High School before joining the Army National Guard in March of 1959. He was promoted to Specialist 4th class and served at Fort Mead in MD, overseas in Germany and Fort Sam Houston. Jim married Nancy Colleen Burrows October 23rd, 1960. Once out of the Army Jim chose to further serve his community by becoming a Shawnee Firefighter in July 1965. In 1980 he became Fire Marshall until his retirement in 1994.
He is preceded in death by his wife Nancy, Mother Verbal and Father Jeff. His brothers Bill and Sam, twin sisters who passed away at birth, as well as one brother. One grandson, Christopher Michael Lawrence.
He leaves behind to cherish his memory, sons Michael Brown and his Wife Becky, Cheyenne Brown and his Wife Julia and Jeffery Brown. Two Granddaughters, Linsay (Brown) Underwood and her husband Christopher, Amanda Dickinson and her husband Kevin and four Great Grandchildren,
