Leicester, NC ~ Thomas Nathaniel Brown, of Mustang Drive, Leicester passed away on Saturday, April 23, 2011 at his residence.
He was born December 14, 1927 in Buncombe County, NC and was the son of the late J. P. and Maude Anne Wingate Brown, and was preceded in death by his wife Betty Jean Byerly Brown in 1995 and a brother, Lawrence Brown.
He retired from the US Air force as an aircraft mechanic and worked for the US Postal Service for many years in Belleville, Illinois. He retired back to the Asheville, NC area in August of 2000.
He is survived by three daughters, Mary Ann Stanberry and husband Chuck of Hendersonville, Carolyn Jean Melton and Judy Ahle both of Leicester; son, John Kenneth Brown of St. Louis, Mo; five grandchildren, John, Tana, Jeremy, Jamie and Ashley and six great grandchildren.
Condolences may be expressed online at www.valhallagardensandfuneralhome.com
Funeral Services: Graveside service will be held 1 p.m., Saturday, April 30, 2011 at Valhalla Gardens of Memory, Belleville, Ill.
Valhalla Gaerdner Holten Funeral Home, Belleville, Ill.
