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Peachtree Corners Obituaries

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Peachtree Corners Man Dies in Traffic Accident in Cobb Co.

Byron Craig Brown passed away on Nov. 4.

LTC Byron Craig Brown (Ret), 67, of Peachtree Corners, GA, died in a traffic accident on Nov 4 in Cobb County. He was born Nov 2 in Aurora, CO, to Byron Winfield and Eleanor Jean Comolli Brown of Greenville, OH. He and his two brothers, Bruce Allen Brown, Manhattan Beach, CA, and Gary Lee Brown, Centralia, WA, moved with their parents to Army posts in Ft. Sam Houston, TX, Ft. Belvoir, VA, and Japan. All three Brown brothers attained Eagle Scout rank and continued the military tradition of the family. Byron graduated from Mt. Vernon High School in Alexandria, VA, and completed his BS in Political Science at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, TN, in 1967. He completed a Master of Business Administration from the University of …

Peachtree Corners Man Dies in I-575 Wreck

Bryon C. Brown got off the Barrett Parkway exit in Cobb County without slowing down.

From Kennesaw Patch A single car wreck early Sunday morning (Nov. 4) killed 67-year-old Byron C. Brown of Peachtree Corners, a spokesman for the Cobb County Police Department said today. The fatal crash occurred at 1:15 a.m. when Brown, who was driving a silver 2009 Hyundai Azera north on Interstate 575, got off at the Barrett Parkway exit without slowing down, Officer Mike Bowman said. "He then continued northbound crossing all lanes of Barrett Parkway and collided with a retaining wall on the north side of the roadway at a high rate of speed," Bowman said. Brown died at the scene of the crash, which remains under investigation. Anyone with information is asked to call 770-499-3987.  

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