Rurel E. Brown, 87, of Beaver Dam, passed away Monday, Aug. 31, 2015, at Clearvista Lake Health Campus in Indianapolis. He was born Dec. 1, 1927, in Echols, to the late Clifford D. and Nora Alice Chinn Brown.
Rurel was a member of Beaver Dam Baptist Church where he served as a deacon for many years, a U.S. Army Veteran of the Korean War, and retired from Peabody Coal Company where he worked at Ken Surface Mine.
Besides his parents he was preceded in death by his brother, Paul Brown.
Survivors include his wife of 59 years, Kathryn Brown, of Beaver Dam; one daughter, Brenda Lynette (John) St. Myers, of Indianapolis, Ind.; and one sister, Ollie Rhodes, of Owensboro.
Funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 4, at William L. Danks Funeral Home in Beaver Dam, with Dr. Glenn Armstrong officiating. Burial will be in Sunnyside Cemetery in Beaver Dam. Visitation will be from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. Thursday and 9 a.m. until time of service Friday at the funeral home. Military Honors will be performed by Wesley Phelps Honor Guard.
Online messages of condolence can be made at: www.danksfuneralhome.com.