Billy Ray Brown, 63, of Caraway died in his residence Thursday, Nov. 2, 2006. He was a linesman for a power company and member of Buffalo Chapel Baptist Church at Caraway.

Survivors include his daughter, Melinda Brown of Newark; two brothers, Don Brown of Moline, Ill., and Roy Brown of Lepanto; two sisters, Joy Fay Roach of Lepanto and Loretta Dubose of Wimauna, Fla.

The funeral was held at 1:30 p.m. Friday in Murphy Funeral Home Chapel a Lepanto with interment in Caraway Cemetery.

Murphy Funeral Home of Lepanto was in charge of arrangements.