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Walter Boyd Brown, Sr. (1920-1998) —
also known as Walter Brown, Sr.; W. B.
Brown —
of Winnsboro, Fairfield
County, S.C.
Born in Smallwood, Fairfield
County, S.C., May 16,
1920.
Son of Boyd
Brown.
Democrat. Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from South Carolina, 1960,
1964,
1968;
first director of South Carolina Department of General Services;
vice-president of Norfolk Southern Corporation (formerly Southern Railway).
Presbyterian.
Blind
in one eye. The Walter Boyd Brown Industrial Park was named for
him.
Died, following a stroke, at
Fairfield Memorial Hospital,
Winnsboro, Fairfield
County, S.C., March 9,
1998 (age 77 years, 297
days).
Interment at Bethel Cemetery.
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Boyd Brown (1897-1949) —
of Winnsboro, Fairfield
County, S.C.
Born in 1897.
Democrat. Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1937-45; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1940,
1944.
Presbyterian.
Died in 1949
(age about
52 years).
Interment at Bethel Cemetery.
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