Rev. Percy D. Brown

Rev. Percy D. Brown

YORK - Rev. Percy D. Brown, age 95, recently of West Manchester Township, York County, died January 21, 2025 at Cornwall Manor, Cornwall, Lebanon County, PA. He was the husband of the late Louise J. (Frey) Brown.

The celebration of Life Service will begin at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, January 27, 2025 at Calvary United Methodist Church, 11 N. Richland Ave York, PA. Visitation will precede the service at 12:30 p.m. Interment will follow in Salem Union Cemetery, Dover.  Arrangements have been entrusted to Emig Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Inc., Dover.

Rev. Brown was born August 19, 1929 in Carlisle, PA. He was the son of the late Harry G. and Mary (Stout) Brown.

He retired in 1992 as a United Methodist minister with more than forty-one years of service. He was ordained an Elder in 1954. He was a 1947 graduate of Carlisle High School, a 1951 graduate of Albright College, Reading PA, and a 1954 graduate with a Master of Divinity Degree from United Theological Seminary, Dayton, Ohio.

He served the following United Methodist Churches and Charges: Wellsville Charge; Mt. Holly Springs Charge; Rockland Trinity, Ellicott City, MD; Trinity, New Kingston; Evangelical, Middletown; and Messiah, York. He most recently served as Minister of Visitation for Messiah United Methodist Church, North York, from which he retired June 2006 and as Chaplain at Normandie Ridge West Manchester Township.

Rev. Brown is survived by three sons, Scott A. Brown and his wife Janie of Boalsburg, PA, Todd D. Brown and his husband David Mason of Lebanon, PA, and Jay C. Brown and his wife Kathy of Waynesboro PA; six grandchildren and nine great grandchildren and was preceded in death by his wife, Louise J Brown and a son, Kirk J. Brown.

Memorial contributions can be made to the Normandie Ridge Benevolent Fund and made out to Normandie Ridge and sent to: Percy Brown Memorial, Normandie Ridge, 1700 Normandie Dr., York PA 17408. Write Benevolent Fund on the Memo line.

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