J.F. married J.K. Brown [Group Sheet]

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Edward Earl "Ed" Brown, age 93 entered into eternal life on July 7, 2022. Ed entered into this life on May 23, 1929 in Port Arthur, Tx to James B. Brown and Bertha (McCormick) Brown. Ed was the third of four children born to James and Bertha Brown. He attended public school in Port Arthur and graduated from Stephen F. Austin Senior High School. Ed's talent as a gifted musician developed at an early age and he subsequently followed in the footsteps of his older siblings as a member of the high school band and in his own band playing dances in the local area. After high school, Ed attended Lamar State College of Technology (now Lamar University) and also served in the United States Army (1951-1953) in the Counter Intelligence Corps (Army CIC) supporting the rebuilding of Japan after World War II.

Ed married his childhood sweetheart Anna Vivian Talbot in 1952 and together they raised three children, Judith Kim, Natalie Ann, and Mark Gerard Brown. After serving in the Army, Ed enrolled in Sam Houston State University and earned his first Bachelor's Degree in Music. Following graduation he worked in the Missouri City school district as a band director and later in the Port Arthur area where he continued teaching band until a family member (who was a physician) encouraged him to consider a career change pursuing a career in pharmacy.

Ed and Vivian relocated the family to Austin, Texas in 1961, where he enrolled in the University of Texas College of Pharmacy and earned his second Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy in 1964. Ed practiced pharmacy for 50 years, as recognized by the Texas State Board of Pharmacy, working the first half of his career at Walgreens and the remainder at Randall's until his retirement in 2015. He met many wonderful friends and colleagues during his tenure as a pharmacist at both Randall's and Walgreens and was especially thankful for the support of his boss, Frank, at Randall's, as well as the numerous pharmacists and pharmacy techs who helped him for many years.

Ed enjoyed vacation trips to many places including a family trip to Colorado in 1967, and quarterly meetings with his siblings at various tourist locations across Texas starting in 1988. Other memorable trips included Hawaii in 1985 where he ventured into Hanauma Bay for snorkeling, and a cruise to Cozumel in 2009 to celebrate his 80th birthday! He also enjoyed annual trips to the Texas Gulf Coast where he loved to sit and watch the seagulls and pelicans gliding across the water at the Padre Island National Seashore. Ed also enjoyed watching Texas Longhorn teams especially the Longhorn Baseball Team during their regular season and at the College World Series for many years.

Ed is preceded in death by his parents, James and Bertha Brown, older brother James L. Brown, Sr., and sister Geneva (Brown) Hargraves, and brother-in-law Roger Hargraves and Vivian Brown. He is survived by one brother Thomas Brown and sister-in-law Esther Brown of Tulsa, Oklahoma; children Judith Kim Hajek and husband John Hajek, Jr., Natalie Ann Brown, and Mark Gerard Brown; three grandchildren, John Travis Hajek, Edward Scott Hajek, and Michelle Renee (Brown) Flores, all of Austin, Tx, and numerous nieces and nephews. Ed loved his children, grandchildren and nieces and nephews and was very proud of all of them. He was truly blessed with many friends and extended family, especially Bill and Janet Labonville and their children William (wife Jessie) and Kristine (husband Shane) and their children whom he loved and considered to be part of his family.

The family would like to thank Dr. Allen Sonstein and his staff for the excellent care provided to our father and grandfather (30+ years) and Dr. Sukanya Burugu and staff following the retirement of Dr. Sonstein. We sincerely thank each and every specialist (too numerous to list) who cared for our dad most of his life. Dad also received excellent care from the nurses and staff at Buckner Villas and their skilled nursing center in his final months. Thank you also to Rolanda, his caregiver since January 2021 for her kindness and assistance to our dad. In accordance with his wishes there will be no formal funeral service.

A gathering of family and friends for Edward will be held Thursday, July 21, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at Cook-Walden/Capital Parks Funeral Home, 14501 North Interstate 35, Pflugerville, TX 78660.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.cookwaldencapitalparks.com for the Brown family.

(Published by Cook-Walden/Captial Parks Funeral Home of Pflugerville, TX)

Edward married Anna Vivian Talbot 12 Apr 1952, Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas, USA; divorced 7 Nov 1975, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA. Anna (daughter of Ferdinand Louis Talbot and Virginia Bertha Caillier) was born 24 May 1930, Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas, USA; died 12 Sep 2020, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Anna Vivian (Talbot) Brown, 90, of Austin, Tx passed away on September 12, 2020. Vivian was born on May 24, 1930 in Port Arthur, Tx to Ferdinant (Fred) and Bertha Collier Talbot. She was the second of four children (and only daughter) born to Fred and Bertha Talbot. Vivian attended public school in Port Arthur and graduated Stephen F. Austin High School in 1948. She loved sports and enjoyed playing basketball as a member of the high school basketball team. In high school, she was a recipient of the American Legion Certificate of School Award and was also a beautiful girl who was voted "Queen of the May" during her senior year in high school.

After high school she attended Port Arthur College where she continued to excel in secretarial and administrative skills. She worked in numerous secretarial jobs in the school districts of Pt. Arthur, Missouri City, and later Austin, Texas. Vivian married her childhood sweetheart Edward Earl Brown in 1952 and together they raised three children, Judith Kim Brown Hajek, Natalie Ann Brown, and Mark Gerard Brown.

Ed and Vivian moved to Austin in 1961, where Vivian worked in the College of Business Administration at the University of Texas as secretary to the Dean of Student Affairs while Ed attended and graduated from the UT College of Pharmacy. It was during this time that she became a lifelong fan of the Texas Longhorn Football Team. She always enjoyed going to the home games one to two hours early to watch the team work out. She was very proud of her son Mark who was a member of the Longhorn Band (and also the Alumni Band).

Vivian also worked at the University of Texas Law School for twenty years prior to her retirement in 1989. During the majority of her tenure at the Law School she was the Administrative Assistant in charge of the Admissions Office. At the end of each admissions cycle she enjoyed visits back home to Pt. Arthur to spend time with family and her very dear childhood friend Lora Dee.

Vivian loved her vacation trips to Hawaii starting in 1972 and she took numerous trips to Las Vegas until it became too difficult to travel because of physical disabilities. She loved all of her family very much and was blessed with three grandchildren who were the light of her life, John Travis Hajek, Edward Scott Hajek, and Michelle Renee (Brown) Flores. She always enjoyed visiting with them especially at Christmas to hear about their latest adventures. When she could no longer travel, she kept in touch by phone and letters with her dear brother Curt Talbot of Vinton, Louisiana. After purchasing her iPad, she enjoyed emails and pictures from her god-daughter Claudine Domingue and siblings Madeline, Michel, and Francis Domingue, and from nieces and nephews Dirk and Sissy Talbot, Molly and Loy Stuart, Kent Talbot, Barry and Denise Talbot, Gina and Ricky Gutierrez, and Janice Sue Talbot and her son Jake.

Vivian is preceded in death by her parents, Fred and Bertha Talbot, older brother Joe Talbot and wife Loyce, younger brother Pat Talbot and wife Mary. She is survived by one brother Curt Talbot and friend Pam, Edward Brown, children Judith Kim Hajek and husband John Hajek, Jr., Natalie Ann Brown, Mark Gerard Brown and Steve Williams; three grand-children John Travis Hajek, Edward Scott Hajek, and Michelle Renee (Brown) Flores, all of Austin, Tx, and numerous nieces and nephews.

The family would like to thank the doctors and nursing staff of the Austin Diagnostic Clinic (Drs. Anjali Nemawarkar, Joseph Volpe, and Jean Hertel), Encompass Rehab Hospital, Compassus Hospice, and Park Valley Inn nursing home, where nurses Tara, Israel, and Denise provided compassionate and kind care to our mother. In accordance with her wishes she will be cremated and buried between her mother and father at Memory Gardens of Jefferson County Cemetery in Nederland, Texas at a date TBD.

(Published by Neptune Society Cremation Services)

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F.L. Talbot Funeral Set

A rosary for Ferdinand Louis Talbot, 71, of 3152 Mimosa street in Port Acres, will be recited tonight at 7:30 o'clock in the Nederland Memorial chapel.

Mr. Talbot, a 43-year resident of this area, died Thursday at Simon's Mid-County Nursing home after a long illness.

Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. in the Little Flower of Jesus Catholic church with the Rev. Martin Bordages, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Memory Gardens cemetery in Nederland.

A native of Rayne, La., Mr. Talbot retired several years ago from the water, steam and air department of the Gulf Oil refinery in Port Arthur where he had worked for 37 years. He was a former member of the OCAW Local 4-23 and he belonged to the Little Flower church.

Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Bertha Talbot of Port Acres; three sons, P.A. and Curt Talbot, both of Port Acres and C.H. Talbot of Port Arthur; one daughter, Mrs. Vivian Brown of Austin; two sisters, Mrs. Rudolph LeBouef and Mrs. Ned Champagne, both of Port Arthur; two brothers, Claude Talbot of Texas City and Emile Talbot of Port Acres; and nine grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Dudley, Larry and Percy Talbot, Calvin Caillier, A.J. Abshire and Rudolph Ronsonette, Jr.

(Published in The Port Arthur News on January 13, 1967)

Ferdinand married Virginia Bertha Caillier 24 Jan 1920, Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA. Virginia was born 25 Feb 1898, Cecilia, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 2 Aug 1967, Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas, USA; was buried 4 Aug 1967, Memory Gardens of Jefferson County - Nederland, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Mrs. Talbot's Rosary Tonight, Mass Set Friday

NEDERLAND - A rosary for Mrs. Bertha Talbot, 69, of 3152 Mimosa street in Port Acres, a resident of the Port Arthur area for 43 years, will be recited here tonight at 7:15 o'clock in the Nederland Memorial Funeral home chapel.

Mrs. Talbot died Wednesday at 11:37 p.m. in Doctor's hospital in Groves after a short illness.

Funeral mass will be offered Friday at 9 a.m. in the Little Flower of Jesus Catholic church in Port Acres. The Rev. Martin Bordages, pastor, will officiate and burial will be in Memory Gardens cemetery.

A native of Cecilia, La., Mrs. Talbot was a member of the Little Flower of Jesus church in Port Acres. She was the widow of Fred Talbot who died here Jan. 12, this year.

Surviving Mrs. Talbot are one daughter, Mrs. Vivian Brown of Austin; three sons, Joe Talbot of Port Arthur, Curt Talbot of Nederland and Pat Talbot of Port Acres; her mother, Mrs. Paul Caillier of Cecilia; three sisters, Mrs. J.P. Hebert of Port Arthur, Ms. Jane LeBlanc of Cecilia and Mrs. Isabel Royer of Lafayette; five brothers, A. Caillier of Rayne, La., Dan Caillier of Port Arthur, Claude Caillier of New Orleans, La., D. Caillier of Cecilia and Wesley Caillier of Mobile, Ala.; and 11 grandchildren.

(Published in The Port Arthur News on August 3, 1967)