Earl Brown (1936-2011) - The Smyth County Jam would like to welcome Earl Brown from Bristol, VA. Earl has been singing and playing banjo and bass for forty years. He played in the Washington DC area for a long while. Earl says he has played with the popular band "New Shades of Grass" and mentioned playing with the Country Gentlemen who have a been a much admired and copied band for many years. Earl has a twin brother who is currently playing with "The Country Cut-ups". He has retired from the railroad after forty-two years of service. Earl comes from a very musical family, his nephew plays with "Second Time Around" band in the DC area. He says he likes the music of Flatt and Scruggs, Reno and Smiley, and the Stanley Brothers.
In Memorandum
Mr. Henry Earl Brown, age 75, of Bristol, Virginia, passed away Friday (April 15, 2011) at his home. Born February 28, 1936 in Drill, Virginia, he was a son of the late William Arthur and Martha Annie Nuckles Brown. He had spent most of his adult life in Alexandria, Virginia, moving back to Southwest Virginia fifteen years ago. He was a veteran of the United States Army and a retiree of the railroad. He loved hunting and fishing and was active in Bluegrass Music in the area. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by three brothers, Elder Elmer Brown, Garland Brown, and Herbert McKinley Brown, and one sister, Thelma Street. Survivors include one son, Donnie Brown and wife, Sheila of Alexandria; two grandchildren, Kayla Marie Brown and Henry Kyle Brown both of Alexandria; companion of eighteen years, Mildred Ann Street of the home; three brother, Richard Nelson Brown of Bluff City, Tennessee, Emory Ferril Brown of Spottsylvania, Virginia, and Carl Berkley Brown of Colonial Beach, Virginia; one sister, Lucille Pendell of Bristol, Virginia; several nieces and nephews also survive. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 AM Sunday in the Honaker Funeral Home Chapel, Honaker, Virginia with Rev. Ancil Childress and Rev. Lincoln Shelton officiating. Interment will follow in the Nuckles-Hess Cemetery on Fletchers Ridge, Virginia. Nephews will serve as pallbearers. Friends may call at the Honaker Funeral Home after 6:00 PM Saturday. Online condolences may be made at www.honakerfuneralhome.net.
