Individual Details

World War I Draft Registration. 12 Sep 1918
Irel Edward Brown, of Bells, Grayson, TX, age 20, b. 2 Sep 1898. Farmer, working for his father.
He is tall, medium build with blue eyes, light hair.

10 Dec 1922, Grayson Co, TX Orel Brown and Miss Mae McCollum were married by E. L. Silliman, Pastor of the Methodist Church in Trenton.

1930 Census. Prec 3, Grayson, TX, Hh 124
Irel E. Brown, 31, age 24 when married. May, wife, 24, age 17 when married
Roy Lee, son, age 1
Texas Birth Index shows that Roy Lee Brown was born 1 Feb 1929 to May McCollum and Irel Brown.
Harold Ray Brown was born 3 Aug 1943 to Louella Jessie M. McCollum and Irrel Edward Brown.

1940 Census. Grayson Co, TX, Hh 41
Whitewright-Bells Road - lived in same house in 1935
Irrel E. Brown, 42, b. TX, Teacher, AAA Goverment Work
May, wife, 34, b. TX
Roy Lee, son, 11, b. TX
Leah McCollum, Aunt, 78, single, b. AL

16 Feb 1942 World War II Draft Registation
Irrel Edward Brown of RFD 2, Bells, Grayson, TX was age 43, b. 2 Sep 1898 in Bells. Mrs. I. E. Brown would always know his address. Self-employed. 6', 215 lb. Gray eyes, blonde hair

1950 Census. Prec 3, Grayson, TX, Hh 27
Irel E. Brown, 50, Deputy Sheriff, County Sheriff Office
J. May, wife, 43
Harold R., son, 6
Roy L., son, 21, Cutting Machine, Box Factory
M. Wanell, dau-in-law, 21, b. TX

Texas Death Certificate #23610
Irrel E. Brown died of myocardial infarction, 4 Apr 1967 at his home in Bells, Grayson Co. He was born 2 Sep 1898 in Texas and was married. He was a farmer and security guard. His father was W. T. Brown; his mother, Emma Hogan. Mrs. Mae Brown was the informant. Buried Rose Hill Cemetery, Apr 6th.

The Bonham Daily Favorite, Bonham, TX, 6 Apr 1967, Thursday, p. 4
Brown Services Held Thurday
BELLS - Funeral services for Irrel E. Brown, 68, who died at his home Tuesday, April 4, 1967, after suffering a heart attack, were to be held at Mullican-Little Funeral chapel at 2:30 pm Thursday.
...Interment was to be in the Rose Hill Cemetery
Mr. Brown was born Sep 2, 1898, in the Pink Hill community, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Brown. He married Miss Mae McCollum at Trenton, Dec 10, 1922
Mr. Brown was a former deputy sheriff and deputy tax assessor and an employee of Hardwicke-Etter of Sherman. He was serving as president of the Pink Hill Water Supply Corporation at the time of this death.
He was a member of the Pink Hill Baptist church and the Bells Masonic Lodge.
Survivors are his widow, Mrs. Mae Brown of the home; two sons Harold Ray Brown of Bells and Roy Lee Brown of Paris; three brothers, Cecil Brown of Plainview, Marvin Brown of Sherman, and Paul Brown of Denver, Colo.; four sisters, Mrs. Nell Ford, Miss Velma Brown and Mrs. Jeannette Brown, all of Bells, and Mrs. Lily Dillon of Whitewright and two grandchildren.
Masons had charge of the graveside services.


Texas Death Certificate #83727
Roy Lee Brown died of myocardial infarction on 11 Nov 1976, Wilson N. Jones Hospital, Sherman, Grayson, CO. His residence was 1720 E. Cherry, Sherman. Born 1 Feb 1929 in Texas to I. E. Brown and Mae McCollum. He was a Jeweler. He had served in the Korean war. Wanell Brown was the informant. Buried West Hill Cemetery, Nov 13th.

Birth	2 Sep 1898	Grayson County, Texas
Death	4 Apr 1967	Bells, Grayson County, Texas

Father	William Thomas Brown (1864 - 1945)
Mother	Emma Josephine Hogan (1876 - 1940)
Sibling	Nellie Beatrice Brown (1892 - 1973)
Sibling	Cecil Earl Brown (1894 - 1975)
Sibling	Vernon J. Brown (1896 - )
Sibling	Otha Roy Brown (1900 - 1964)
Sibling	Velma Brown (1903 - )
Sibling	John Marvin Brown (1905 - )
Sibling	Lillie Evelyn Brown (1906 - 1995)
Sibling	William Coy Brown (1910 - 1966)
Sibling	Living