Obituary of Lawrence B. Brown

Lawrence Barringer Brown, 84, of Lookout Mountain passed away Sunday evening, January 13, 2019 at his home with his two loving sons close to him.  Mr. Brown, who was know to his friends as “Barry”, was born April 16, 1934, the son of the late John Preston Watts Brown IV, a native of Nashville and Catherine Pitkin Barringer, native of Schenectady, NY. Mr. Brown lived on Berkley Circle until he was five years old and then moved with his parents to Lookout Mountain.  He grew up in the First Presbyterian Church listening to the sermons of Dr. Fowle. He was a student at Baylor Military Academy and attended Vanderbilt University returning to Chattanooga to keep the books for his father at Plymouth Laundry. While keeping the books he also managed Dr. Pepper plants in Cleveland, TN, Clarksville, TN and Paducah, KY with Jim and Jack Bethshares.  In 1971 he started his own laundry, Town & Country Cleaners on Hixson Pike. After retiring from the laundry business, he sold residential real-estate for Herman Waldorf & Co.

Mr. Brown was a past member of the Fairyland Club, the Lookout Mountain Investment Club and a member at The Church of the Good Shephard.  His fond memories were of his life-long friend Reid Moore, his days at Baylor and summers spent at his grandparents’ house on Nantucket Island.

Mr. Brown was predeceased by his wife, Barbara Kemp Barber Brown, sister, Mary Anne Brown of Allentown, Pennsylvania and brother, John P. W. Brown, V of Wilmington, Delaware.  

Mr. Brown is survived by his two sons, L.B. “Chip” Brown, Jr. and J. Preston W. Brown.

Interment will be at 3 p.m. on Thursday, January 17, 2019 at the Harriet Caldwell Memorial Garden at The Church of the Good Shephard.

Memorial donations may be made to The Church of the Good Shephard, Lookout Mountain, TN or to Baylor School.

Arrangements are by Wann Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 4000 Tennessee Avenue, Chattanooga, TN 37409. (423) 821-7551