Lattimore Vernon Brown (1931 - 2011)

Born 20 Aug 1931 in Mound Bayou, Bolivar, Mississippi, United States

Died 25 Mar 2011 at age 79 in Pensacola, Escambia, Florida, United States

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Biography

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This profile is part of the Mound Bayou, Mississippi One Place Study.

Lattimore Vernon Brown was an American southern soul singer who performed with Fats Domino, Ray Charles, Otis Redding, Etta James, Jackie Wilson and Muddy Waters.

Lattimore V. Brown was born on 20 Aug 1931 in Mound Bayou, Bolivar, Mississippi, United States.^[1] He was raised by his grandfather, a sharecropper, never having met his parents.

His life was punctuated by myriad tragedies, including the deaths of three of his wives, one from a heart attack during evacuation from Hurricane Katrina.^[2]

He served in the Korean War^[3] and is buried in Barrancas National Cemetery, Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida.

Lattimore died after being struck by a car on 25 Mar 2011 in Pensacola, Escambia, Florida, United States, aged 79. ^[1]

Recordings

The following songs are just a sampling. ^[4]

• 1960: "It Hurts Me So / Got Plenty Troubles" (Zil Records)
• 1968: "Otis is Gone (Parts 1 and 2)" (Sound Stage 7) Tribute to Otis Redding.
• 1974: "It's Gonna Take A Little More Time" (Seventy Seven Records)
• 1975: "Warm And Tender Love / You Don't Know Like I Know" (Ace Records)
• 2009: "Pain in my Heart" (Rea Thing Records)

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76734745/lattimore-v-brown: accessed 04 July 2023), memorial page for Lattimore V Brown (20 Aug 1931–25 Mar 2011), Find a Grave Memorial ID 76734745, citing Barrancas National Cemetery, Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida, USA; Maintained by Your Lifes History--Carol (Cook) Eastway (contributor 47981971).
2. ↑ Wikipedia: Sir Latimore Brown
3. ↑ Burial: "U.S., Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2019"
   National Cemetery Administration; U.S. Veterans' Gravesites
   Ancestry Record 8750 #7181084 (accessed 4 July 2023)
   Lattimore V Brown burial (died on 25 Mar 2011) in Barrancas National Cemetery, Pensacola, Florida, USA.
4. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/artist/1147434-Lattimore-Brown

• Lattimore Brown Memorium