Major General Joseph and Sue Brown

Major General Joseph D. Brown, IV and Sue Stanger Brown
Williamsburg - Major General Joseph D. Brown, IV and his wife, Sue Stanger Brown were killed on April 19, 2013, when their small airplane crashed in Williamsburg, Virginia. They are survived by their children, Daniel and Emily.

Joe was born in Charlottesville, VA on Feb 8, 1959 and grew up in Williamsburg, VA where he graduated from Walsingham Academy 1976. He was a 1980 history graduate of Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, VA and received a master's degree in business administration from Central Michigan University in 1986.
Brown, a 32-year Air Force veteran, was a highly decorated bomber pilot who flew sorties over Iraq and Afghanistan. Since 2010 he has been commandant of the Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy of the National Defense University, based at Fort McNair in Washington.
His command assignments included the 28th Bomb Squadron at Dyess Air Force Base, Abilene, TX, and the 28th Bomb Wing at Ellsworth Air Force Base, Rapid City, S.D. He held overseas postings at U.S. European Command in Mons, Belgium, and with NATO allied air forces in Eskisehir, Turkey.
Before his assignment to the National Defense University, he served as the deputy director for nuclear operations at U.S. Strategic Command at Offutt Air Force Base, Omaha, NE.
Sue Stanger Brown was born in Washington, DC on Sept 14, 1960 and grew up in Annandale, VA where she graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1978. Sue graduated with honors from The College of William and Mary in 1982 and received a master's degree in business administration from Central Michigan University in 1986.
Sue was the principal cellist in the William and Mary Symphony Orchestra and continued to play in various symphonies and string quartets, including the Fairfax Symphony, throughout her life.
She was active in the communities where they were stationed and, at the time of her death, Sue was President of the Air Force Officers' Wives' Club of Washington, DC.
Joe and Sue were married on June 26, 1982, at Fort Myer Chapel in Arlington, VA.
Joe is survived by his father, Joseph Daniel Brown III, M.D.; his sister, Barbara Bonheur; and brothers, Ernie and Ben Brown.
Sue is survived by her father, Craig; her mother, Martha; and her brother, Scott Stanger.
A funeral service will be held on Friday, April 26 at 2 p.m. at Williamsburg Community Chapel, 3899 John Tyler Highway, Williamsburg, VA 23185. Interment will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery, 809 S. Henry St., Williamsburg, VA. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Joe and Sue Brown's memory to the Air Force Aid Society and PetConnect Rescue: Muddy Paws. Online condolences may be offered at www.nelsencares.com.