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Carey Brown Obituary
July 20, 1932 - April 19, 2018
Wilmington
Lt. Col. Dr. Carey Edward Brown Jr. passed away at his villa at Plantation Village in Wilmington, NC on April 19, 2018. Ed was born July 20th, 1932 to his parents Carey E. Brown Sr. and Mary Jane Moore Brown of Pitt County, NC. Two older sisters, Ruth and Rachel, completed the Brown Family with roots in rural Bethel, NC. Ed graduated with honors from Bethel High School and after completing his freshman year at East Carolina University transferred to North Carolina State University. There he earned a BS degree in Agricultural Education. As an Air Force ROTC graduate, he was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant beginning a 20 year military tenure as a Communications Intelligence Officer and Air Force Academy Professor. While serving in the Air Force, he earned a Master's Degree from Duke University in biology in 1967 with an appointment to the Air Force Academy faculty in Colorado teaching physiology. There he completed his PhD in physiology in 1974 from Colorado State University.
In 1954, two months into his Air Force Career, he gained the life mate that God designed for him, Evelyn Anne Thigpen Brown from Goldsboro, North Carolina. They were married in the Goldsboro Friends Meeting in December and were blessed to enjoy full lives together for 62 years prior to Anne's death in 2016.
Ed was fortunate to have two distinguished careers. After 20 years of military service, he retired in 1976. Subsequently, after 25 years in education at Louisburg College serving as Academic Dean, Executive Vice President, and Interim President, he achieved his second career retirement in 2001.
Friends and family will gather at Louisburg Baptist Church on Saturday April 28, 2018 at 2:00 pm for a memorial service to celebrate Ed's life with Reverend Reggie Rushing presiding. Our beloved Ed is survived by his sister, Ruth Brown Whitley of Charlotte, NC and a host of loving extended family members. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Louisburg Baptist Church 302 Main Street, Louisburg, NC. 27549. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.andrewsmortuary.com.
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Mary Barnes
April 26, 2018
A scholar's mind; a shepherd's compassionate heart; the perseverance of faith and integrity; an honorable warrior. We love you and miss you Uncle Ed. Mary and Lisa
NC Rep. Bobbie Richardson
April 24, 2018
Dean Brown was an honorable man who worked hard for the betterment of Louisburg College. My thoughts and prayers to out to his family and friends who mourn him now.
Robin Roper
April 22, 2018
I consider it an honor for having known and worked for Dean Ed Brown. He and Anne both were two of the most honorable and sincere people I have ever known and they are together, in love, again. He will be missed by many.
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