Roderick Merriam Brown

     Entered into eternal rest on the morning July 31, 2010, Roderick Merriam Brown, widower of Bertha Ann Brown.  Residence, Hanahan, SC.  The relatives and friends of Roderick are invited to attend his funeral service in J. HENRY STUHR, INC., NORTHWOODS CHAPEL, 2180 Greenridge Road, Tuesday, August 3, 2010 at ten o'clock.  Interment with Military Honors, Carolina Memorial Park. Friends may call at Stuhr's Northwoods Chapel on Monday, August 2, 2010 between six and eight o'clock.

     Mr. Brown was born November 10, 1926, in Montague, Massachusetts the son of Webster Morton Brown and Gladys Johnson Brown.  He and his wife Bertha were married 61 years. She preceded him in death in 2008. Mr. Brown retired as a Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy in 1964 and went to work at the Charleston Naval Shipyard as a Nuclear Supply Manager. He retired from Civil Service in 1981. He was an avid golfer.

     He is survived by sons; Roderick Martin Brown and his wife Sara of Hanahan, SC, Steven Craig Brown, Sr. and his wife Angelia of N. Charleston, SC and Gregory M. Brown and his wife Tammy of Summerville, SC, seven grandchildren; Sonya Gore, Michael Brown, Craig Brown, Bryan Gibson, Whitney Myers, Katelyn Padilla, and Prairie Padilla, two great grandchildren; Allen Gore and Sara Beth Gore. Roderick was preceded in death by a brother and a sister.

     In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Alzheimer's Association 2090 Executive Hall Road, Suite 130, Charleston, SC 29407.