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Betsy Mills and Ron Brothers. The Death and Cemetery Records of Lamar County, Texas, ReBroMa Press, 2008, http://www.lamarcountytx.org/cemetery. (12/17/2025)

THE PARIS NEWS, Monday, March 13, 1961, p. 2: “BREWER FUNERAL [sic]. Funeral service for John W. ‘Bill’ Brawner, retired farmer of Paris, Rt. 1, will be conducted Tuesday at 10 a.m., at Gene Roden and Sons Chapel by the Rev. Edwin Davis, Baptist minister, and burial made in Restland Cemetery at Roxton. Mr. Brawner, who died in a hospital here Saturday night, was born in Tennessee, March 17, 1859, son of J. F. and Laura (Wilburn) Brawner. He leaves his wife, the former Miss Ollie M. Durham; these children: Leslie Brawner and Mrs. Adeline Negri, Denver, Colo.; Madison Brawner and J. W. Brawner, both of Fort Worth, and Mrs. Aileen Deselms, Peru, Ind.; nine grandchildren; a brother, Jess Brawner, Lubbock; two sisters, Mrs. Jack W. Osteen, Fort Worth and Mrs. Mary Hobbs, Paris, Rt. 1.”

THE PARIS NEWS, Tuesday, March 14, 1961, p. 2: “Brawner Service Burial rites for John W. ‘Bill’ Brawner, nearly 72, retired farmer of Paris, Rt. 1, who died Saturday night, was held Tuesday morning at Gene Roden & Sons chapel. Interment was made in Restland Cemetery at Roxton, and bearers were Jim Brawner, Pate Stotts, Thomas Dunham, Johnnie Brawner, Stanley Brawner, Lloyd Brawner Ed Hampton and Lloyd Blaine.”

Information from Texas Death Certificate:
Name: John William Brawner
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 11 Mar 1961
Event Place: Paris, Lamar, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 17 Mar 1889
Birthplace: Tennessee
Father’s Name: J F Brawner
Mother’s Name: Laura Wilburn
Certificate Number: 16612
GS Film number: 2116711
Digital Folder Number: 005145516
Image Number: 03220
Citing this Record: “Texas Deaths, 1890-1976,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3HQ-PV8 : 13 March 2018), Laura Wilburn in entry for John William Brawner, 11 Mar 1961; citing certificate number 16612, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,116,711.

On the same stone with Ollie M. Brawner.