Ernie grew up to be a cowboy and helped his father with the crops on the farm, but cowboying was his love. He spent much of his time at his brother in laws ranch on the Apache Reservation at Big Springs. There he helped take care of the cattle, broke horses and ran wild horses in the winter time.
Ernest never married. He was very much in love with a local girl, but her parents opposed their seeing each other because he was not a Mormon. Of course, Ernest opposed being a Mormon. When WW2 started, he and a friend went to Holbrook and enlisted in the army.
Ernest was in the 158th Infantry and was a PFC when he died. The 158th took the name of Bushmaster's from the deadly Bushmaster snake. They were trained in jungle warfare in Panama. General MacArthur himself personally selected and requested the Bushmasters to be sent to command in the South Pacific Theater. Johnny Ernest was killed in New Guinea, May 24, 1944. His parents received a Purple Heart Medal for his brave service to his country. The Brown family was proud of Ernest's service to his country, but he was surely missed by all.
Johnny Ernest Brown's body was shipped home and he was buried in the Show Low Cemetery where he rests beside his father, mother and brothers.
God Bless our Brave Soldiers.
(by Nancy E. Brown)
Ernie grew up to be a cowboy and helped his father with the crops on the farm, but cowboying was his love. He spent much of his time at his brother in laws ranch on the Apache Reservation at Big Springs. There he helped take care of the cattle, broke horses and ran wild horses in the winter time.
Ernest never married. He was very much in love with a local girl, but her parents opposed their seeing each other because he was not a Mormon. Of course, Ernest opposed being a Mormon. When WW2 started, he and a friend went to Holbrook and enlisted in the army.
Ernest was in the 158th Infantry and was a PFC when he died. The 158th took the name of Bushmaster's from the deadly Bushmaster snake. They were trained in jungle warfare in Panama. General MacArthur himself personally selected and requested the Bushmasters to be sent to command in the South Pacific Theater. Johnny Ernest was killed in New Guinea, May 24, 1944. His parents received a Purple Heart Medal for his brave service to his country. The Brown family was proud of Ernest's service to his country, but he was surely missed by all.
Johnny Ernest Brown's body was shipped home and he was buried in the Show Low Cemetery where he rests beside his father, mother and brothers.
God Bless our Brave Soldiers.
(by Nancy E. Brown)
Family Members
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Calvin Charles Brown
1900–1989
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George Clark "Dutch" Brown
1902–1977
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Elizabeth May Brown Amos
1904–1994
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Jesse Pruitt Brown
1906–1985
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Frances Adeline "Fanny" Brown Penrod
1908–1971
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Lydia Ella Brown Penrod
1913–2002
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Henry Clyde Brown
1920–2011
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Emily Lavina Brown Phillips
1923–2011
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Mittie Loraine Brown Magill
1926–2016
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