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| As captain of the QE2, 1994 |
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| 50th Wedding Anniversary, 1999 |
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| NY's Eve (Jim's Bday), 2003 |
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| In the NYC Harbor on the QE2, 1994 |
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| At Cathy & Moody's Wedding, 1980 |
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| Xmas card ~1966 |
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| At Mt. Snow, 2002? |
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| At Edgewood CC, 2009? |
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| At the Greenbrier, 1995 |
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| At the Greenbrier, 1995 |
Charleston Gazette obituary 12/19/2012
James F. Brown III, 91, passed away on December 15, 2012, at his home in Charleston, West Virginia.
Jim Brown was predeceased by Catharine L. Hart, his wife of sixty-one years. Canky and Jim are survived by their three sons, Charles C., Jeff (JF IV) and his wife, Patti, and Edward D. and his wife, Bryan; and three grandchildren, Molly, Davis, and Emily. Jim is also survived by his sister, Trudy Lynch of Hilton Head Island, S.C.; and her three children and the children of his deceased brother, Ben B. Brown, Jr., and his deceased sister, Betty (Mrs. J. T. Moore, Jr.), and their families, and many, many cousins and friends, all of whom he loved and cherished. He was greatly loved and admired by them, as well.
Jim Brown was born December 31, 1920, in Charleston, West Virginia, the second child of Benjamin Beuhring Brown and Hester M. Newhall. He was named for his grandfather, James Frederick Brown and attended local schools before attending Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass. He graduated from Princeton University in 1942, and recently attended his 70th class reunion. Immediately after college, he entered the U.S. Navy and served in both the Atlantic and Pacific during WWII. After WWII he earned his law degree under the GI Bill from the University of Virginia and entered into law practice with Jackson, Kelly, Holt, and O'Farrell, (formerly Brown, Jackson & Knight), following the chosen profession of his father, grandfather and great-grandfather, Judge James H. Brown. Later he formed an enduring law partnership with Angus E. Peyton which lasted until 2005, and then continued to practice with his son, Jeff at Brown and Brown Law Offices, refusing to retire and continuing to be al! ert and independent.
Jim Brown was active in business, being the President of the West Virginia Building and Loan Association, President of Eagle Land Company, and a director of One Valley Bank Corp. He was a lifelong member of Kanawha United Presbyterian Church, where he was an elder and a property trustee. He was also very generous and supported many charitable and educational organizations, including the Legal Aid Society of Charleston, which he helped establish, and gave to the West Virginia University Libraries, the University of Charleston and the Clay Center.
A family interment will be at Mountain View Cemetery on Friday, December 21, with a memorial service to follow at Kanawha United Presbyterian Church at 2 p.m., followed by a reception at the church immediately afterwards. The family also thanks Paula Jones who has been Jim's devoted caregiver since Canky died in 2010.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial gifts may be made to Kanawha United Presbyterian Church, or to any of the schools or organizations named above, or to the donor's charity of choice.
