Background
Brown, Aubrey Neblett was born on May 6, 1908 in Hillsboro, Texas, United States. Son of Aubrey Neblett and Virginia Rose (Sims) Brown.
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Aubrey Neblett Brown, American Minister, editors Ordained to Ministry Presbyterian Church (United States), 1932. Recipient Editorial citation Associate Church Press, 1952, Torch of Liberty award Virginia B'nai B'rith, 1966; co-recipient Ernest Trice Thompson award Presbyterian Outlook Foundation, 1989.
Education
Bachelor of Arts, Davidson College, 1929; Bachelor of Divinity, Union Theological Seminary, Virginia, 1932; Doctor of Letters, Southwestern at Memphis (now Rhodes College), 1950; Doctor of Divinity, Maryville College, 1961; Doctor of Letters, Davidson College, 1979.
Career
Pastor, Presbyterian churches, Ronceverte, West Virginia, 1932-1938; pastor, Presbyterian churches, Montgomery, West Virginia, 1938-1943; editor, Presbyterian Outlook, Richmond, Virginia, 1943-1978; editor, Going-to-College Handbook, 1946-1978; interim pastor, All Souls Presbyterian Church, Richmond, 1963-1964, 73-74; coordinator, Richmond Area Presbyns., 1979-1990. Moderator Synod of West Virginia, Presbyterian Church United States, 1946.
Achievements
Membership
President Richmond Area Council Human Relations, 1957-1959, Virginia Council Human Relations, 1963-1965. Chairman Virginia Advisory Committee to the United States Commision on Civil Rights, 1966-1967. President Richmond Area chapter United Nations Association United States of America, 1967-1969.
Member North America area council World Alliance Reformed Churches, 1960-1973. Delegate 20th General Council World Alliance Reformed Churches, Nairobi, Kenya, 1970.
Connections
Married Sarah Dumond Hill, October 4, 1932. Children: Aubrey Neblett III, Zaida English Brown Gilmour, Julia Haywood Brown Diehl, Virginia Sims Brown Ashworth, Eleanor Berkeley Brown Bigger, William Hill, Ernest Thompson, Katherine Purdie Brown Weisiger.
- Father:
- Aubrey Neblett Brown
- Mother:
- Virginia Rose (Sims) Brown
- Spouse:
- Sarah Dumond Hill
- child:
- Katherine Purdie Brown Weisiger Brown
- child:
- William Hill Brown
- child:
- Julia Haywood Brown Diehl Brown
- child:
- Zaida English Brown Gilmour Brown
- child:
- Aubrey Neblett III Brown
- child:
- Ernest Thompson Brown
- child:
- Eleanor Berkeley Brown Bigger Brown
- child:
- Virginia Sims Brown Ashworth Brown
