WINTER HAVEN - Donal Joe Brown, 72, of Winter Haven, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, January 19, 2008 at Winter Haven Hospital after a two year struggle with cancer.

 Born Aug. 20, 1935 in Walker, OK he moved to Winter Haven in 1981 from Oklahoma,   He was a member of Christ Community Church in Winter Haven, was a member of the Choctaw Tribe and a past member of the Winter Haven Masonic Lodge and other various Veteran associations.  He was a veteran and retired from the U. S. Army as a Sergeant Major having served 2 tours in the Vietnam War.  He was also retired from working as a Licensed Electrician and a sheet metal worker.

 Mr. Brown is survived by: his wife, Elaine Kay Brown; his mother, Nita Brown; 2 sons, Rocky Brown of Winter Haven and Perry J. Brown of Noble, OK; 5 daughters, Dawn Kern of Norman, OK, Debbie Sieber of Lakeland, FL, Darla Winters of Davenport, FL, Dawn Coggins of Winter Haven and Danyell Coggins of Winter Haven; 2 brothers, Perry N. Brown of Noble, OK and Bobby Brown of El Paso, TX; 3 sisters, Barbara Rollins of Albuquerque, NM, Ramona Dykeman of Paul’s Valley, OK and Christine Martin  of Paul’s Valley, OK; 14 grandchildren; and 4 great-grandchildren.