Mr. James Troy Brown Jr.

April 3, 1951 - January 12, 2016

Columbia Mr. James Troy Brown, Jr. 64, died Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at Palmetto Health Baptist Medical Center. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM Friday, January 15, 2016 at Dantzler-Baker Funeral Home with Rev. Dr. Ed Carney officiating . Interment will follow in Greenlawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM on Thursday, January 14, 2016 at the home of Joe and Cassandra Soltish, 324 Sliver Branch Road, West Columbia, SC. Born April 3, 1951 in Ashville, NC, Mr. Brown was a son of the late Mr. James Troy Brown, Sr. and Hester Sue Grant Brown. He was a graduate of T. L. Hanna High School in Anderson, SC and Midlands Technical College and served in the U. S. Navy as a Seabee during the Vietnam era. He was retired from the SC Dept. of Mental Health and was formerly employed by Wang Laboratories and IBM. Mr. Brown was a member of Riverland Hills Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife of thirty-three years, Delia Pendergrass Brown; two sons, Grant Brown and Stuart Brown both of Columbia, SC; and one sister, Gladys Brown Crawford of Anderson, SC. He was preceded in death by a sister, Glenda Brown Knox and two brothers, J. Edward Brown and infant brother Charles Brown. Memorials may be made to Riverland Hills Baptist Church, 201 Lake Murray Blvd., Irmo, SC 29063. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.dantzlerbakerfuneralhome.com.