Allen Ethridge Brown

Allen Ethridge Brown, 86, of Lott, died Friday, October 27, 2023, in a Temple Hospital. Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday in the Church of the Visitation in Westphalia. Rev. Darrell Kostiha will officiate. Burial will follow in Clover Hill Cemetery in Lott.

Mr. Brown was born July 10, 1937 in Pasadena to Allen H. and Marie Pazie Brown. He grew up in in Edna and served in the U.S. Air Force. He married Mary Lynn Murphy who preceded him in death, and then married Carolyn Bentley Pinkston.  He worked in the Biomedical Field and in the Oil Industry. He played minor league baseball in the Boston Red Sox Organization.  He was a member of the Church of the Visitation in Westphalia.

He is survived by his wife, Carolyn Brown of Lott, one step- son, Robert Pinkston and wife Emma of Richardson, two grandchildren, Thomas Pinkston and Lauryn Pinkston, two nephews, Richard Darby and Tad Darby, and two nieces, Monica McMurtry and Terri Ashley.

Rosary will be recited at 9:15 a.m. Saturday at the Church of the Visitation in Westphalia. Viewing will be from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. Friday at Cook-Gerngross-Green-Patterson Funeral Home in Rosebud.