death_place death_date children birth_place religion nationality footnotes parents birth_date spouse article_title name occupation
usa monroe , ouachita parish , louisiana 11 may 2008 six children new orleans , louisiana , usa presbyterian american -lrb- ewing newspaper family and was an executive at the '' 1 monroe news star '' in monroe from 1952 to 1977 -rrb- . brown was a member of the edmund brown , sr. , and esther ewing brown 28 march 1921 bethia -rrb- mccay brown -lrb- married 1948 -- his death edmund graves brown
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edmund graves brown

edmund graves brown , jr. -lrb- march 28 , 1921 -- may 11 , 2008 -rrb- was an american newspaper executive and a prominent member of the ewing newspaper family of louisiana .
in 1952 , after the deaths of two ewing brothers , john d. ewing and wilson ewing , brown joined the management of the then family-owned `` monroe news star '' in monroe , the seat of ouachita parish in northeastern louisiana .
he remained with the `` news star '' as an assistant general manager until 1977 , when it was sold , along with the sister publication , the former `` morning world '' , to the gannett company of arlington , virginia .
brown was born in new orleans to edmund `` ted '' brown , sr. , originally of newburyport , massachusetts , and the former esther ewing .
his brothers , who predeceased him , were robert ewing brown and toulmin hunter brown , both of pass christian , mississippi , near new orleans .
he graduated from alcee fortier high school in new orleans and the new mexico military institute in roswell .
he was commissioned in the united states army and served with the 82nd airborne division during world war ii .
he fought in the battle of the bulge , witnessed the close of the war at ludwigslust on the elbe river , and served in germany during allied occupation .
after the war , he continued his studies at tulane university in new orleans before he launched his newspaper career at the new orleans `` times picayune '' .
at tulane , he met and married -lrb- 1948 -rrb- the former bethia `` bitza '' mccay , who survived him .
brown was an active sportsman in fishing , golf and snow skiing , and was involved in genealogy and gardening .
he was affiliated with the first presbyterian church of monroe , bayou desiard country club , the monroe little theater , and the boston and louisiana clubs of new orleans .
in addition to his wife , he was survived by four children , edmund brown iii of houston , james ewing brown of lafayette , bethia brown bundrick of shreveport , and donelson taylor brown of monroe , as well as ten grandchildren and two great-grandchildren .
two sons predeceased him : leander moore brown and percy mccay -lrb- `` mac '' -rrb- brown .
a memorial service was held three days after his death at the first presbyterian church of monroe , where brown was an active member .
brown was the third veteran louisiana newspaperman to have died in a two-month period .
joe d. smith , jr. and cecil williams , both formerly with `` alexandria daily town talk '' , died on march 20 and april 30 , respectively .
