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Mary Elizabeth Flournoy

Mary Elizabeth Flournoy

Female 1918 - 2011  (92 years)

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  • Name Mary Elizabeth Flournoy  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] 
    Relationshipwith Magdalaine TEVENIN
    Birth 18 Apr 1918  Houston, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9] 
    Gender Female 
    Death 6 Jan 2011  The Woodlands, Montgomery, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4, 9] 
    Burial San Jacinto Memorial Park, Houston, Harris, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Mary Elizabeth Flournoy    		 Mary Elizabeth Flournoy
    Half-siblings 5 half brothers and 2 half sisters (family of Alvin Edmund Stech and Juanita Mary Burke) 
    Person ID I455  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 17 Jan 2025 

    Father Alvin Aubery Flournoy,   b. 18 Jul 1890, Westville, Holmes, Florida, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Dec 1964, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Juanita Mary Burke,   b. 16 Jun 1902, Muskogee, Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Sep 1945, Houston, Harris, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 43 years) 
    Marriage 21 Jun 1917  Houston, Harris, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11] 
    Family ID F240  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family George Monroe Brown,   b. 31 Jul 1913, Elgin, Bastrop, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Nov 1996, Spring, Harris, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage 24 Oct 1935  Houston, Harris, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Children 
     1. Mitchell Edward Brown,   b. 20 Aug 1938, Houston, Harris, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jun 2003, Spring, Harris, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
     2. Patrick Monroe Brown,   b. 24 Feb 1941, Houston, Harris, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Mar 2026, Katy, Harris, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
     3. Living
     4. Living
    Photos
    George and Mary Brown    		George and Mary Brown
    Family ID F238  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Feb 2025 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 18 Apr 1918 - Houston, Texas, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 24 Oct 1935 - Houston, Harris, Texas, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 6 Jan 2011 - The Woodlands, Montgomery, Texas, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - San Jacinto Memorial Park, Houston, Harris, Texas, United States Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Photos At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
    Miss Mary Brown and George Brown Wed    		Miss Mary Brown and George Brown Wed
    Unknown local newspaper
    Mary Flournoy wedding to George Brown    		Mary Flournoy wedding to George Brown
    From article published in unknown local paper
    Nana    		Nana
    Mary Elizabeth Flournoy Brown
    Mom&Dad_1935    		Mom&Dad_1935
    Mary and George Brown

    Videos
    Visit to Nana    		Visit to Nana

  • Sources 
    1. [S9] U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File.

    2. [S83] U.S., Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection, 1847-Current, Publication Date: 10/ Jan/ 2011; Publication Place: City, USA; URL: http://stei-23966.tributes.com/show/Mary-Brown-90467989.

    3. [S44] 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Houston, Harris, Texas; Page: 46B; Enumeration District: 0039; FHL microfilm: 2342077.
      4547966_00795.jpg      		 4547966_00795.jpg


    4. [S8] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current.
      https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63888475/mary-elizabeth-brown

    5. [S27] Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1837-1965, Harris County Clerk's Office; Houston, Texas; Harris County, Texas, Marriage Records.
      45607_b299015-03646.jpg      		 45607_b299015-03646.jpg


    6. [S31] 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Harris, Texas; Roll: m-t0627-04055; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 101-35B.
      m-t0627-04055-00167.jpg      		 m-t0627-04055-00167.jpg


    7. [S28] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007.

    8. [S45] 1950 United States Federal Census, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Houston, Harris, Texas; Roll: 5343; Page: 19; Enumeration District: 263-246B.
      43290879-Texas-234223-0020.jpg      		 43290879-Texas-234223-0020.jpg


    9. [S115] Obituary, Mary Elizabeth Brown Obituary.
      Mary Elizabeth “Nana” Brown
      On April 18, 1918 Mary Elizabeth was born to Juanita and Alvin Flournoy in Houston Texas. Mary was married to the love of her life, George Monroe Brown on Oct 24, 1935 and it lasted 61 years. George and their first son Mickey were waiting for her arrival in Heaven on January 6, 2011. Yes, that makes her 92! She was also preceded in death by her brother, Alvin Stech, Jr., sister & brother in law Eloise & Nick Palermo and brother & sister in law Rick and Ruth Stech. She leaves behind her brothers and sisters in law, Vernon & Loraine Stech of St. Paul MN, Bob & Mary Nell Stech of Palestine Texas and her brother, Ray Stech of Round Rock Texas.
      Mary left behind her sons and daughters in law, Pat & Kat Brown of Houston TX, James and Linda Brown of League City Texas, Kirby Brown & Sher Walker of Anchorage Alaska and Mary Brown of Spring Texas.
      Nana loved her grandchildren, Georgianne & James Maurer, Terry & Wayne Dickinson, SFC Mitch Brown, SPC Michael & Amanda Brown, Patches Brown (deceased), Robbin & Donna Brown, Troy & Ann Brown, Lindsay & Bob Lyles, Sheree Higby, Chris Brown, Nathan & Shauna Brown, Jason Brown and Shannon Palmer.
      Step grandchildren; Shelly & Mark Wood, Jimmy Hoffman and Shana & Jeremy Miller, Tommy Meehan (deceased) Angela Manley, Carrie Manley and Chris & Vickie Haich.
      Great Grandchildren: Georgianne’s daughter; Amanda Downum, (deceased). Terry’s children; Casey & Charlie Bullock, Brooke & Matt. Mitch’s children; Mickey, Micheila and Matthew. Troy’s children; Lauren & Danielle. Lindsay’s daughter; Kaitlin. Nathan’s children; Haley, Emily & Lilly. Jason’s children; Asher (deceased), Killian & Athens, and Shannon’s children; Courtney, Jefferson & Austin.
      One great great grandson, Rowan Downum.
      1918 – 2011, It’s not the years 1918 or 2011 that are important today, it’s the dash in between those years that I’d like to tell you a little about.
      Mary Brown was her mother’s oldest child. Her mother, Juanita later remarried Alvin Stech and she was big sis to 5 brothers and a sister. Her brothers and sister were like her children. When her mother gave birth to her little brother Bob, Nana was there to deliver him and was given the privilege to name him. She named him Robert Louis Stech after the author Robert Louis Stevenson, as she was reading the book “Treasure Island”. Her sister, Eloise was a professional baseball player during the war. Each of her brothers served in the armed forces, some of them in two branches.
      Mary met George Brown at the President’s Ball at the Friendship Center in Houston where she took care of small children and George trained young boys in boxing. As they danced the night away she said George told her she had the most beautiful blue eyes he had ever seen, later that night he gazed into her eyes and told her she had the most beautiful brown eyes he had ever seen. No, George was not color-blind, she had a blue eye and a brown eye. The rest is history – Mickey, Pat, Jimmy & Kirby!
      The trials and tribulations of being the wife and mother of what constituted a family boxing team in both amateur and professional ranks helped give her the resilience to succeed in her chosen profession, nursing.
      Nana was a meticulous and attentive Polio nurse at Hedgecroft Hospital, which later changed to a Mental Health Hospital where she continued to work until it closed. She was so skilled at nursing that the very next day she went to work for Harris County Mental Health and Mental Retardation at Jeff Davis Hospital where she continued the work she loved until she retired in 1980. She often spoke of how she missed being a nurse and said she was sorry her knees didn’t last a little longer.
      She loved the ocean since she was a child, reading book after book full of sea stories and ocean adventures. It was no surprise that nothing pleased Nana more than having family and friends to the beach house at Sea Isle on Galveston Island where she would tell new fishermen, excited about catching their first shark, “Just wait till you eat it!”, and she was right, it was awesome!
      Nana was a great listener and we all remember how she had a real talent for getting to the heart of any issue or problem that we had. She gave kind and knowledgeable advice on almost any subject based on her life’s experiences and her almost insatiable appetite for reading. It was easy to make her smile with a gift of a book, chocolate or candy. There was always room and time for chocolate and candy. All of the Brown’s looked forward to the Brown Christmas party when Nana would spend days preparing and would make her famous gumbo.
      Nana was a beloved sister, a loyal and faithful wife, mother, Nana, nurse, friend and she was a great cook. She was a true matriarch of her family.

    10. [S314] Texas, Marriages, 1837-1973, reference v 14 p 1 image 35397; FHL microfilm 25239.
      "Texas, Marriages, 1837-1973," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FXM3-G4Z : accessed 25 Jun 2014), Alvin Aubery Flournoy and Juanita Burke, 21 Jun 1917; citing Houston, Harris, Texas, , reference v 14 p 1 image 35397; FHL microfilm 25239.

    11. [S10] Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1965.


 

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