Obituary of Calvin Judson Brown

Funeral services for Calvin Judson Brown, age 76, of Wadley will be held on Friday, January 16, 2015, at 2:00 PM from Big Springs Baptist Church with Rev. Scott Whaley officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery with Quattlebaum Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5:00-7:00 on Thursday, January 15, 2015. Mr. Brown will lie in state at the church for one hour prior to services beginning on Friday. Mr. Brown passed away Wednesday, January 14, 2015, at his residence. Survivors include his wife, Johnnie Brown of Wadley; one daughter, Jennifer Diane Brown of Tampa, FL; one son, Matthew Judson Brown of Alabaster, AL; two grandchildren, Sarah Grace Brown and Taylor Vincent Darbie; and one great-grandchild, Kaydance Darbie. Pallbearers will be Joe Floyd, Charles Reed, A long-time Randolph County resident, Mr. Brown was born on February 11, 1938, in LaGrange, Georgia, the son of Ellis Calvin and Mary Jane Hester Brown. He was a member of Big Springs Baptist Church, a U.S. Army veteran, and worked as an insurance salesman for Universal Underwriters. Mr. Brown was preceded in death by his parents; one daughter, Laura Leigh Darbie; and one grandson, John Judson Darbie.