The Brownlow Family

Brownlow Family

Jeff Deen Brownlow 1925 - 2016

Jeff Deen Brownlow was born at Rock Creek, on September 7, 1925.

Jeff Deen Brownlow was born at Rock Creek, on the Scotts place (Lat 31° 39'46.26"N Long 97 15'16.42"W) on September 7, 1925.

Then over to the Skinner place near China Spring maybe 3 years. Four years old (Lat 31°39'25.57"N Long 97°17'39.10"W) across the street from a hog Doctor.

JD at 4.5 years old they moved to (Lat 31°39'7.70"N Long 97°18'15.20"W).

Lived here for 3 years til he turned 7 years old (Lat 31°36'41.91"N Long 97°19'8.94"W) the old Ickleburger Place

Then from 4.5 to 7 live at (Lat 31°36'41.91"N and Long 97°19'8.94"W) and went school (China Spring)

When he was 8 years old they moved (Lat 31°38'32.84"N Long 97°19'31.65"W) about half way between China Spring and Valley Mills on Old Highway 67 next to Baker Lane.

The family moved to the Crawford Place (Lat 31°40'40.06"N and Long 97°23'30.68"W) when he was 11.5 years old. At 13 years old he met Louise Mirick.

At 16 years old JD’s Mother passed away while they lived here on Dec 18, 1941 and Eugene went to the VA hospital at Lancaster.

JD work farm and finished one crop then did two more by himself. JD told his dad he wanted to stop farming.

He went to live with Edwin in Dallas (Lat 32°47'24.07"N and Long 96°48'12.86"W) and worked at AP store in Dallas.

Then 8 months later moved back to Waco and lived with Bruce and Jimmy at 28th and Austin (Lat 31°32'19.11"N Long 97° 9'17.45"W) and worked at Crawford Austin for bout 4 months. His job was as a runner (rode bicycle) to move paper work from departments and made tags for shipping products. This is the active address for JD when he entered the Navy.

His dad, Eugene Albert Brownlow, died at the Legion Hospital on July 15 1946.

JD’s dad, Eugene Albert Brownlow, died at the Legion Hospital (Lat 30° 0'58.69"N Long 99° 6'51.50"W) on July 15 1946.

JD and Louise went to live in Earp, Calif as a rigger on a dragline and disassembled barracks and buildings. At night to make extra money JD also poured concrete for the motel where they lived. JD and Louise lived in California for five months then moved back to Texas.

They lived with Louise’s parents, RA and Sarah Mirick, at 1704 Webster.

JD went to Waco Tech (old University High) for Automotive training (1946/47).

In 1947, the day after Thanksgiving, JD went to work at the VA Hospital in the Kitchen.

JD and Louise had their son Arthur Eugene in March of 1949 and built their house at 3819 Shelby (Lat 31°31'16.29"N Long 97° 9'10.39"W).

JD worked at the Veterans Hospital in the kitchen for about 5 years then transferred to the Engineering Department as a painter.

In Sept 1955 JD and Louise had their daughter Jenita Ann. In two years JD was promoted to the Painter Leader. In 1965 JD became paint foreman.

JD and Louise built a new house at 12th Street and Stegal Drive (Lat 31°28'46.00"N Long 97° 5'33.50"W) in Robinson, Texas. JD had purchased 13.5 acres of land in Robinson. JD named the place the Big 10-4. Interestingly his initials JD were the 10th and 4th letter of the alphabet. Louise referred to it as the Niggerosa Ranch (Lat 97° 5'33.50"W Long 97° 5'42.05"W).

In 1985 JD retired but continued to paint houses. He raised cattle as a hobby and he and Louise loved to travel. They went to Hawaii and Alaska and enjoyed trips all across the US. One of their favorite pastimes was watching horse races.

At 91 years of age JD broke his hip. He knew without an operation he would not survive. He made it through the surgery and all vitals were good but he was unable to overcome the combination of pain meds and anesthesia. He died on September 30, 2016.

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