Norman Dale Brown Jr. died Saturday in Methodist Hospital in Houston. Born June 2, 1958, he was 61.
Community
was very important to Dale Brown. Although he wasn’t born in Dayton, he
had deep roots here. Family was the basis of who he was. His Brown
great grandparents settled in Stilson around 1900 when his grandfather
was a toddler. He was also part of a large extended family on his
mother’s side. Dale attended third through seventh grades in Dayton but
also lived in other places such as
Holland and South Korea before moving back to Dayton to stay in the
middle of his sophomore year of high school. He graduated in 1976 and
then attended Texas A&M.
Dale served 12 years on the Dayton
ISD school board and served on the city council for a short time. He
coached Little League and Little Dribblers and was active with 4-H and
FFA. In fact, he was an honorary member of the Dayton FFA. He was also
an honorary member of Tri-M Music Honor Society. Dale was also active in
the First Baptist Church, where he taught Sunday School and served as
an usher.
He retired after 35 years from Exxon where he was
Safety, Health and Environmental Manager at Mont Belvieu Plastics Plant
the last five years. He started at Baytown Olefins Plant in 1978.
Dale
was predeceased by his mother Martha Hale Brown as well as by his
brother-in-law and niece Gary and Erin Westmoreland. Also predeceasing
him were his mother-in-law Marjolaine Boyer and his nephew Jacob Boyer.
Michele
Boyer Brown, his wife of 40 years, survives him. They were married May
12, 1979. Also surviving are his son and daughter and their spouses:
Josh and Adrianna Brown and Jessica and Jason Bevel. He was a loving
“Pops” to six grandchildren: Joey and Michael Bevel, and Sutton, Amelia,
Clara and James Brown.
His father, Norman Dale Brown Sr., and
three sisters also survive him. They and their spouses are Nancy and
Troy Baker, Jo and Randy Riley, and Susan and Brett Addington. The group
of survivors includes 16 nieces and nephews and 10 first cousins and
numerous great nephews and nieces.
Funeral services will be held
Wednesday at First Baptist Church at 10:00 a.m. with the Pastor Taylor
Choate officiating. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday evening at Pace-Stancil Funeral Home, 1304 N. Cleveland, Dayton.
Interment will be at Magnolia Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Rick Davis,
David Harmon, Mike Ainsworth, Matt Conn, Jason Bevel, and Joshua Brown.
For
those who desire memorials may be made to the American Heart
Association, 7272 Greenville Ave. Dallas, TX 7523,
http://www.heart.org; the American Liver Foundation, National Office, 39
Broadway, Suite 2700, New York, NY 10006
https://liverfoundation.org/for-patients/donate-now or the American
Cancer Society, PO Box 22478, Oklahoma City, OK 73123,
https://donate.cancer.org/index
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