Mr. Fred Thomas Brown, age 77, of Crumpler, died Tuesday, June 9, 2009 at the James H. Quillen VA Hospital in Mountain Home, TN. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, June 13, 2009 at 11:00am at Boone Family Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Lonnie Jones and Rev. Joe Riley Blevins officiating. Burial will follow in the Ashelawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery with military rites. The family will receive friends from 6:00-8:00pm on Friday, June 12, 2009 at Boone Family Funeral Home. Mr. Brown was born in Ashe County on Thursday, April 28, 1932 to the late Major and Martha Bauges Brown. He served in the United States Army during Korean War. He retired from Leviton after 24 years. He is survived by his wife, Maxine Barker Brown; a son, Fred Thomas Brown, Jr. (Tommy) and wife Jody, of Raleigh; a daughter, Barbara Heufel and husband, Fred, of Jefferson; a brother, Ray Brown of Jefferson; four sisters, Ottie Blevins of West Jefferson, Mabel Covington of Lenoir, Marie Edwards of Virginia and Lounelle Hubble of Virginia; three grandchildren, Steven Brown and Christy Brown, both of Raleigh and Wil Heufel, of Jefferson; several nieces and nephews also survive. Flowers accepted or memorials may be made to: VFW Post 7946, 446 Ashe Park Road, Jefferson, NC 28640 or DAV Chapter 80, 446 Ashe Park Road, Jefferson, NC 28640.