McMinnville resident and Cannon County, TN native Charles Lincoln Brown, age 68, was born April 15, 1941 and died July 12, 2009 at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville, TN following a two-week illness. He was a farmer and the son of the late Abraham Lincoln and Evelyn G. Sain Brown. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one brother, Don Brown. He is survived by four sisters and brothers-in-law, Vera and Robert Keel of Chicago, IL; Evelena and Andrew Harris of Liberty, KY and Sue and Orbin Wood and Barbara and Luther Wood both of McMinnville and several nieces and nephews. Funeral service was held at 1:00 p.m. Friday, July 17, 2009 in High's Chapel with George King and Michael Harris officiating. Burial followed in the Heatherly Cemetery in Coffee County, TN.