Long-time Dallas resident Dick Brown passed away on February 11, 2011 in Bryan, Texas while resting quietly next to his loving wife Suzanne. Born in Dallas, TX on January 17, 1929 to Richard Carson and Edythe L. Brown of Dallas. The family moved around the mid west before returning to North Texas in the early forties. As a result, Dick had attended eleven different schools before graduating from Highland Park High School in 1947 where he was class president and lettered in both football and baseball. It was there that he met his future bride, and they’ve been inseparable sweethearts ever since.
After attending Washington and Lee his freshman year, Dick finished college at the University of Texas at Austin where he was a member of the Sigma Nu fraternity. Dick and Suzanne got married in 1950 at the First United Lutheran Church in Dallas, and returned after college the following year to start a new life together and raise a family.
For thirty five years Dick worked for the family business in various sales and management positions, ultimately serving as President of the R.C. Brown Company. A two-story building on Dyer Street built by his father in the fifties still bears the name “The Brown Building”, harking back to the time when it headquartered the company’s multi-state operations. Dick loved the game of golf, winning numerous trophies and awards at the Dallas Country Club and other area courses. He was also active in family and civic life, including the LYF at First United Lutheran Church and the Highland Park Sports Club.
After selling the company in 1983, Dick continued to dabble in Dallas real estate before hitting the road again to work with the Gayle Linster Company in both Tampa, Florida and Nashville, Tennessee. At age 65 Dick retired with his wife to Holly Lake Ranch in East Texas. In addition to playing golf, Dick remained actively involved with the local Kiwanis Club, the Holly Lake Chamber’s Economic Development Committee, the Holly Lake Gazette newspaper and their new spiritual home Holly Tree Chapel. They recently relocated to Bryan, Texas for health reasons and to be closer to family.
Dick is loved and survived by his devoted wife Suzanne, his sister Jean Durkee of The Woodlands, TX, his daughter Judy Marshall and her husband Kent of Bryan, TX, his son Rick Brown and his wife Kay of Dallas, TX, five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
A remembrance service will be held in the chapel at Sparkman-Hillcrest Funeral Home on Saturday February 19, 2011 beginning at 2 pm, followed by a brief graveside interment service. In lieu of flowers, the family encourages you to lend your time and support to the charity of your choosing.
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