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19. Edward Gordon Brown
was born in 1891.(1) He died in 1956.
(1) He was called by his middle name, Gordon.
Gordon was a stately gentleman. He ran Gordon Brown Motor Company and sold Chryslers
and Plymouths.
Gordon had a storke and hardening of the arteries. He also had heart problems.
Heirlooms: The bedroom suite of Gordon and Cleo was passed on to Ware Botsford
after they died. It's a 4 piece marble and walnut Victorian style set. Two
pieces of the set are in Charlotte with Lydia Botsford and two pieces are in
the bedroom of Lauren Washam.
He was married to Cleo Scott.
(1) Cleo Scott
(11)(15) was born in 1896.
(1) She died in 1979.
(1)(15) She died of liver cancer.
She was living in Atlanta in a nursing home when she died. Cleo was a colorful
character. She was a milliner before she was married.
[Source: Conversations with Hilda Henderson Hagins]
After Gordon died, Cleo moved to Atlanta to be close to her sister-in-law Effie,
who was married to Cleo's brother.
[Source: Conversations with Lydia Holliday Botsford]