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Dr. E. W. Brown
Dr. Edward Whitfield Brown,. 92, one of the county’s best-loved country doctors, died Sunday, July 2, at his home in Washington after having been in declining health for the past year.
Dr. Brown came to Rappahannock county in 1888 during the horse-and-buggy days to begin the practice of medicine. He was more than just the family physician, he was a personal friend of the feasily, willing to be of service at any hour of the day and night, ministering to the needs of the sick along the highways and by-ways in all kinds of weather.
He was born October 2, 1857, near Leon in Madison county, the son of Susan Ann Elizabeth Pratt and Edward Whitfield Brown. His father was a member of Co. B, 13th Virginia Regiment, Confederate army, and was not far from Stonewall Jackson when mortally wounded.; he also ser\^d with General Lee at Appamattox.
In 1880 Dr. Brown graduated from University of Virginia Medi, .c*l College and began the practice of medicine near Brown’s Store in Culpeper county before coming to Rappahannock. He married Miss Elizabeth Eastham of Huntsville, Texas, in 1896. .
Dr. Brown was the oldest deacon of the Washington Baptist** church.
He served 40 years as secretary of the Washington Masonic Lodge No. 78 AP and AM, and also held the office of Master of the Lodge. , Dr. Brown iwas mayor of the town of Washington, and one of the directors of the Rappahannock National Bank for a number of years. He also served on the county’s board of health, and as the county coroner and is believed to have been dean of physicians ' of Northern Virginia. Dr. Brown received a certificate of membership from the Thomas Jefferson Society of Patriots of the University of Virginia, for having been an alumnus for fifty yean.
Funeral services were held at the Brown home Tuesday afternoon at 2:30, with Rev P. Harris Chelf of Roanoke officiating. Interment was in the Masonic Cemetery at Washington, of which ha vu an instigator. The burial service was conducted by the officers and members of the Masonic Lodge, under the leadership of Dr. J. R. Boldridge, a cousin of the deceased.
Active pallbearers were George H. Davis, Jr., John R. DeBergh, Lieut. James DeBergh, Waller Dudley, Edward Boldridge, Roy Wyatt, Hugh Goodwin, and Carson Anderson. Honorary pallbearers were the directors of the Rappahannock National Bank: Robert W. MUler, Wade H. Massie, Jr., D. D. Miller, A. C. Latham, John A. Keyser, E. M. Jones, C. E. Johnson, Jr., James W. Fletcher,, and a number of friends
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