William Tommy Brown

Memphis, TN - William Thomas Brown, age 75, known to all as Tommy, passed away Saturday morning, October 21, 2017 at Baptist Trinity Hospice House in Collierville, TN.The family will receive friends from 10:00 am until the service time at 11:00am, Tuesday October 24th at Pope Baptist Church, 264 Front Street in Pope, MS. A private family burial service will be at Brown Family Cemetery in Pope, MS. Wells Funeral Home of Batesville, MS is in charge of arrangements.Tommy was born March 1, 1942 in Pope, MS to the late Milton and Elizabeth Shaw Brown. He was member of Christ United Methodist Church in Memphis, TN. Tommy worked throughout his career as an electrical engineer.Tommy was a loving husband, father and brother. He is preceded in death by his parents Milton and Elizabeth Brown, his sisters Carol Crisler, Judy Knighten and Kathryn Sullivant. He is survived by his wife Sharon Burrows and his son Ronald Brown daughter Carla Dirmann and grandson Evan Dirmann. He also leaves his siblings Bobby Brown, Jimmy Brown, Rick Brown, Billie Capwell, Barbara “Tootsie” Watts and Wanda Griffin.