- An obituary published in the Herald and Review for Murvin H. Brown, 86, of Shelbyville, states he had died December 15, 2002 in St. John's Hospital, Springfield. He was born July 2, 1916, in Wayne County, the son of Curtis and Essie Pennington Brown. He married Eva Beasley on March 8, 1937, in Centralia. Surviving were his wife; sons, Garry Brown and wife Nancy; Greg Brown and wife Cindy; sisters, Opal Cates; Geneva Joos; grandson, Michael Garry Brown. He was preceded in death by his parents. He was a graduate of Flora High School and received his bachelor's degree from Southern Illinois University and earned his master's degree from the University of Illinois. He began his 37-year teaching career in the Southern Illinois/Noble area. He then taught at Chanute Air Force Base, in Rantoul and later moved to Shelbyville, where he taught business, industrial arts and concrete classes at the high school for 25 years, before retiring in 1978. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Shelbyville and Illinois Retired Teachers Association.
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1916 - 2002 (86 years)
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