LEON BROWNEN

STONEWALL-Services for Marvin Leon Brownen, 88, Stonewall, are 11:00 a.m. Monday at the Faith Assembly of God Church in Ada, Rev. Greg Pollard will officiate. Burial will follow at Highland Cemetery. The Chickasaw Honor Guard will conduct military honors at the cemetery.

Mr. Brownen died Saturday, September 5, 2009 at his home. He was born September 24, 1920 at Coalgate, Oklahoma to E. A. and Abbie Estes Brownen. He attended Anadarko school.

He married Beatrice Richardson on November 1, 1946. She preceded him in death on July 12, 2009. Mr. and Mrs. Brownen moved back to this area in the 1980's from Carson, California. He was an electric furnace operator for Armco Steel Company in California for 29 ½ years. He attended Faith Assembly of God Church and had served in the U. S. Army with the 318th Infantry during World War II in the European Theatre.

Survivors include four daughters, Judy Smith and husband Bill, Taylor, AZ, Laquita Wilson and husband Larry, Boron, CA, Sharen Julian, Rancho Murieta, CA, and Beverly Harris and husband Michael, Stonewall; one son, Larry Brownen and wife Kathy, Winton, CA; a brother, Gene Brownen, Ardmore; 18 grandchildren; 22 great grandchildren; and one great great grandchild.

Bearers will be the Chickasaw Honor Guard.

Criswell Funeral Home, Ada