Weldon Brown

WELDON BROWN "Gene" Weldon "Gene" Brown, a retired California Highway Patrolman, passed away on Saturday, November 25, 2006. He was 80 years old at the time of his death. Gene was born on January 3, 1926, in Burkbumett, Texas to Walter and Huldah Brown. The family moved to when he was just an infant. He lived in several places in the Sanger and Centerville area. He graduated from Sanger High School in 1944. He enlisted in the United States Navy during World War II and served aboard the aircraft carrier Steamer Bay in the South Pacific. He worked as a mechanic for J. Eckle Starnes a Chevrolet dealership in Sanger for several years. He was selected into the California Highway Patrol in 1952 and was assigned badge number 1356. He spent 28 years on the Patrol assigned to the Fresno Area with one year in Redlands. He retired as a Sergeant in 1980. Gene and his wife Charlyn traveled extensively either on their motorcycles or pulling their fifth wheel across country. Their constant companions were Mufe and Mitsy. Gene was a member of the Asphalt Arabs Motorcycle Club and the California Highway Patrol 1010 Club. His first wife, Vera Mae Brown, and his second wife Charlyn Kenzel Brown, and an infant daughter, Eileen Brown preceded Gene in death. He is survived by his son, Larry Brown and his wife Laurie of Clovis; his daughter, Laura Holland and her husband Carl of Sanger; his son, Keith Brown and his wife Susan from Fresno; and daughter, Leslie Stith and her husband Bob from Crossville, Tennessee; his sister Betty Lou Ferrer from Fresno, and his brother Donald and his wife Judy from Sanger; and nine grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren. A private service will be held at a later date. Internment will be at the Sanger Cemetery. NEPTUNE SOCIETYOF CENTRAL CACREMATION - MEMORIAL CHAPEL(559)222-7764 (800)225-1604 #1332