Elmer Sugar Brown
Elmer Sugar Brown, resident of Red Rock, died Friday, June 11, 2004, in Tulsa. He was 78. The funeral will be noon Monday, June 14, in Otoe Cultural Center in Red Rock. Burial will be in Otoe-Missouria Cemetery in Red Rock under the direction of Poteet Funeral Home of Pawnee.
Elmer Sugar Brown was born April 28, 1926, in Pawnee, the son of Frank Sugar Brown and Irene Elle Smith Brown. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II in the Philippines; he was honorably discharged as a corporal. He traveled and performed with the Ringling Brothers Barnam and Bailey Circus and was a world champion fancy dancer. He was affiliated with the Baptist Church.
He is survived by a sister, Claudia Brown Spencer of Miami, Oklahoma, and several nieces, nephews and other relatives. He was preceded in death by his parents; five brothers, Arvid, Irwin, LaVerne, John and Frank Jr; and a sister, Isabel.
ยป Originally published in the Ponca City News.
