Isom Brown

Isom “I.N.” Newton Brown, Jr., 65, of Kountze, died Saturday, February 10, 2018, at Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas, Beaumont. He was born on August 1, 1952, in Silsbee, to Fern Lee Headrirck and Isom Newton Brown, Sr. “I.N.” retired from Texas Forestry after thirty-one years.

Survivors include his wife, Johanna Brown, of Kountze; children, Isom Newton Brown III; “Sam” Brown, of Orangefield; David Brown and his wife, Joanna, of Groves; Joe Brown, of Nederland; David Bastian and his wife, Mona, of Wildwood; Harold Bastian and his wife, Dusty, of Kountze; and Heather Arboleda, of Pearland; grandchildren, Kristian Kirbow, Gavin Brown, Mia Brown, Aiden Cooper, Ava Brown, Xander Brown, Matthew Bastian, Jacob Bastian, Matthew White, Adam Bastian, Sarah Bastian, and Aaron Arboleda; siblings, Patsy Willingham; Anthony Gehrig Brown; and Pandora Brown Burnett, all of Silsbee; and Betsy and Gordy Thoreson, of Phoenix, Arizona; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Isom is preceded in death by his parents; his siblings, Neely Brown, M.O. Brown, Lovell Brown, Roma Brown, Cyriel Brown, Gloria Lee Brown Baker, and Idella Brown Williams.

A gathering of Mr. Brown’s family and friends will be from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, February 14, 2018, at Broussard’s, 530 West Monroe, Kountze. His funeral service will be 2:00 p.m., Thursday, February 15, 2018, at Broussard’s, with his interment to follow at Old Hardin Cemetery, Kountze.