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DATE: SUNDAY, April 29, 1990                   TAG: 9004290087
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B2   EDITION: METRO  
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OBIT-BROWN, R.

\ Mr. Robert Earl (Coal Yard) Brown died Friday, April 27, 1990, in the V.A. Medical Center. He was sick for a short time. Survivors include six children, Rodney Brown, Bobby Brown, Frank Brown, Cheryl Hancock, Lisa Brown and Shirley Brown; four stepchildren, Robert Martin, Angela Kasey, Ruby Kasey and Cynthia Kasey; three sisters, Elizabeth Brown, New York City, N.Y.; Mollie Brown, New Haven, Conn.; Minnie Key, New York City, N.Y.; one brother, Thornton Brown, New York City, N.Y.; twenty-eight grandchildren; one son-in-law, Gary Hancock; a devoted friend, Shirley Kasey; a host of relatives and friends. Hamlar-Curtis, Morticians.