Eugene Brown
Born on May 11th, 1934
in White Oak, Kentucky.
Died on December 26th, 1994
in Ashland, Kentucky.
Eugene Brown was an amazing man born in 1934. He was known by everyone
throughout eastern Kentucky as simply "Farmer." True to the nick name,
Eugene was a farmer most of his life, and also was a self taught
plumber and electrician with a family business. He and his sons, John
and Joe, did all of the plumbing and electrical work for many of the
houses developed in Greenup County, Kentucky, from the 1970's-90's,
especially the houses built by the wealthy Bailey family of Flatwoods,
KY.
Since the Baileys were cousins of the Browns, they depended on each other for construction work.
Farmer was an avid hunter and fisherman, and often told high tales of
"the one that got away." His house was decorated with antlers, mounted
deer heads, turkey feathers, and a large, furocious mounted muskie head
right above the kitchen doorway.
He was never seen without his cowboy boots and a
cowboy hat adorned with turkey and pheasant feathers of birds he killed
himself.
He helped build the Catlettsburg Church of God in Catlettsburg, KY, and
was the sound man and electrician there for decades. He was well known
and liked by the children of the church because his sound room always
had buckets of bubble gum that he generously passed out (especially to
his grand daughter :D).
Farmer married Geraldine Elliott on September 8th, 1951 in Flatwoods,
KY. They had 4 children, but their first child, Peggy Ann, died at one
year of age. They then had two sons, Joe and John, and a daughter,
Kathy.
Due to being a life long plumber and inhaling caulking fumes during
work, Eugene died of cancer in 1994. He will always be remembered by
everyone in Greenup County, KY.
Parents:
Curtis Jack Brown + Gertrude Bailey
Siblings:
Danny Lloyd Brown
Wives:
Geraldine Elliott
Children:
Joe Eugene Brown
John Paul Brown
Kathleen Michelle Brown
Peggy Ann Brown
