Bobbie Leroy Brown

</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[Bobbie Leroy Brown, 75, Eldorado, died Friday, Jan. 1, 2010, at Memorial Hospital of Carbondale.

He was born Feb. 13, 1934, to Claude and Ethel Brown. He married Sue Ellen Gibbs in 1954.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; four brothers; one sister; and his in-laws, Bennie and Rosie Gibbs.

He is survived by three sons, Greg and Rena Brown of Mount Vernon, Kevin and Jeannine Brown of Mahtomedi, Minn. and Darrin and April Brown of Eldorado; his companion of 32 years, Donna and her children Len Bradley and wife Jayna, Danny Bradley and wife Laura, Janie Boulds and husband Kevin, all of Eldorado; 13 grandchildren, Carrie and husband Wes Plummer, Chris Brown and wife Megan, Jessica and Luke Brown, Jacob Brown, Sharell and Danielle Bradley, Emma and Everett Bradley and Cristy, Donny, Joel and Abram Boulds; three great-grandchildren, Caden and Keaton Plummer and Aiden Boulds; three brothers, Albert, Otto and Donnie; and four sisters, Betty Pruitt, Laura Hausser, Carolyn Aldridge and Linda Young.

He was retired from Southeastern Illinois Electric Co-op and owner of Saline Landing Fishing Camp.

In lieu of flowers, donations to the American Heart Association will be accepted at Watson Funeral Home.

He was a member of the IBEW and Eldorado Masonic Lodge No. 730.

Funeral services were held 10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 4, 2010, with burial in Wolf Creek Cemetery. Friends called from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 3, 2010, at Watson Funeral Home in Eldorado.