Lee Roe "Buck" Brown^{[1, 2]}

1927 - 2008  (80 years)

• Name	Lee Roe "Buck" Brown
  Born	16 Nov 1927  [3]
  Gender	Male
  Died	3 Aug 2008	Veterans Administration Respite Care, Johnson City, Tennessee   [4]
  Buried	6 Aug 2008	Resthaven Mausoleum
  Person ID	I73928	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	Charles Emitt Brown,   b. 2 Jul 1900,   d. 26 Nov 1975  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Rutha Evlernia Price,   b. 3 Nov 1906,   d. 4 Nov 1984  (Age 78 years)
  Married	30 May 1925
  Family ID	F26306	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Vontella Mason,   b. 17 Jul 1935  (Age 89 years)
  Married	31 Oct 1955
  Children	+ 1. Carroll Lee Brown,   b. 17 Feb 1957  (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F27437	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S142] Newspaper Article, The Newport Plain Talk, 5 Feb 1999. Edith Ball Obituary [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 294. [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 38. [S113] Manes Funeral Home, (http://www.manesfuneralhome.com), 3 Aug 2008. (November 16, 1927 - August 3, 2008) U.S. Veteran Lee Roe (Buck) Brown age 80 of Newport passed away Aug. 3, 2008 at Veterans Administration Respite Care in Johnson City, TN. He was the former owner and manager of the Brown and Brown Sign Company. He joined a tour of entertainers , which was approximately 90 people, and it was a country music band. They toured all of Europe and by special invitation performed in Russia. He was an avid Bluegrass and Gospel music fan having organized and performed both Gospel and Bluegrass with The Buck Brown and Three Rivers Band. A veteran of the U S Army he had served as an occupational troop in Germany at the end of World War II. He was preceded in death by his parents Charles Emmett Brown, father and Ruth Price Brown mother, brother Ray Walter Brown, and sister Edith Brown Ball. He is survived by his wife Vontella Mason Brown of Newport, son Carroll Lee Brown and wife Dianna of Newport, grandchildren Dillon Lee Brown of Bean Station and Dakota Lee Brown of Newport, brother Roy D. Brown and wife Viola of Cosby, sisters Betty Roberts of Greeneville, TN., Ruby Jean Mills of Dandridge, Beulah Mae Bowers and husband Bill of Newport, Dorothy Roberts of Newport. Graveside services will be held 10 a.m. Wednesday Aug. 6, 2008 at Resthaven with Rev. Scott Gorrell and Rev. Manson Lee officiating. Entombment will be in Resthaven Mausoleum following the services. Family and friends may view Mr. Brown at their convience throughout the day Tuesday at the funeral home, and sign guest register. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to a charity of your choice.