Obituaries

Honorable Paul N. Brown Senior Judge Eastern District of Texas passed away Monday November 26 2012 in Sherman Texas. Dannel Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Judge Brown was born in Denison Texas on October 4th 1926 to Arthur C. and Nora Frances Hunter Brown. He grew up on a farm near Pottsboro Texas as the youngest child of six. After attending Oak Grove Elementary chool he graduated from Denison High School in 1943 and entered the University of Texas at Austin. When WWII broke out although underage he persuaded his parents to allow him to enlist in the United States Navy. Upon receiving an honorable discharge in 1946 he returned to the Universityof Texas. While Judge Brown was completing his law degree in August 1950 the Korean war began resulting in his being called back into active duty in the Navy. He was serving on a minesweeper which was blown up off the coast o North Korea causing all the men to have to abandon ship. He was then reassigned this time to a recomissioned navy tanker that delivered aviation fuel to Okinawa. His last assignment before discharge was on a fleet in the Mediterranean Sea. In 1951 Judge Brown returned to Sherman and entered law practice with his brother David Brown. In 1953 he received an appointment as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas which carried him to Texarkana Texas for more than six years. In 1959 Judge Brown was nominated by President Eisenhower to serve as United States Attorney in Tyler Texas where he served until 1961. After meeting and marrying his wife Frances Morehead in Texarkana he moved back to Grayson County settling in Sherman and resuming lawpractice. In 1985 he was appointed by President Ronald Reagan to serve as district Judge for Eastern district of Texas. In 2001 he chose to become a Senior Judge and in 2006 he became an inactive Senior Judge after 21 years of service. Judge Brown was also active in the community serving as a Mason. He was a long time member of Covenant Presbyterian Church. He served as a member of the Governing Board of Medical Plaza Hospital Sherman Texas. He was elected to the Sherman School Board for two terms and served as President of that Board. He served as President ofthe Optimist club of Sherman. He was an active member of the Rotary Club of Sherman and a Paul Harris Fellow of the Rotary Club International. He served on the District Grievance Committee and Right Foundation. Judge Brown served on the State of Texas Board of Directors as a liaison between the federal judiciary and the State Bar. He also served as a member of the Judicial council of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. He was a Keeton Fellow of the University Alumni Association. In 2005 the Judge Paul Brown Endowed Scholarship was established at the University of Texas Law School. In 2003 his former law clerks established the Judge Paul Brown American Inns of Court. When Judge Brown was honored as a Distinguished Alumnus of Denison High School in 2006 it was said "Paul always seemed to choose the right path and along the way he demonstrated the ability to lead by integrity and honesty. He served his family his faith and the local community." In this way he made a significant contribution to the community at large as well as his own family. Judge Brown was preceded in death by his parents, brother David Brown sisters: Virginia Kretsinger Robbie Hoff and Eva Jean Crow. He is survived by his beloved wife Frances, son Greg and wife Beth and grandson Hunter of Richardson son David and his wife Kendall and grandson Jackson & Garrett of Dallas, sister Louise McDonald of Sherman and many nieces and nephews. Services will be held Thursday November 29 2012 at 1:00 p.m. at Wynne Chapel at Austin College with Neil Morgan of Covenant Presbyterian Church officiating. A reception will follow at the Wright Center. If desired memorials may be made to the Judge Paul Brown Endowed Scholarship at The University of Texas Law School Foundation 727 East Dean Keeton Street Austin Texas 78705 or Home Hospice of Grayson County. The on-line guestbook may be signed at www.dannefuneralhome.com