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Browning -- George W. Browning, Jr., age 85, died of cardiac arrest enroute to the hospital on Monday, September 24, 2001. A son of Arkansas, he was born on February 9, 1916, in Sulphur Rock to George Washington Browning and Beulah Lee Owens Browning. He was a graduate of Batesville High School and the University of Arkansas. On September 3, 1941, he married Helen Holmes, his high school sweetheart. They celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary just recently with family and friends from throughout the country. During World War II, Mr. Browning served in the United States Coast Guard. From 1951 to 1984, the Brownings lived in Albuquerque where he was associated with Sandia National Laboratories. He organized the Albuquerque Razorback Club, was an avid gardener and took great pride in his rose garden. Interested in his genealogy, he was a member of Sons of the American Revolution, the Meriwether Society and organized the Little Rock Company of the Jamestown Society. A mason for some 50 years, he was a member of Mesa Lodge #68 in Albuquerque, the Santa Fe Lodge of Perfection and Ballut Abyad Temple of the Shrine. An active Episcopalian for 60 years, he served on the vestry, supervised the Sunday School, and after his return to Arkansas in 1984, devoted ten years to R.A.I.N., Regional Aids Interfaith Network. As members of the original care team from St. Mark's, he and Mrs. Browning were among the first volunteers in Arkansas' fight against AIDS. Mr. Browning was preceded in death by his parents; his brother, Robert; his sister, Mildred Browning Cole; and his only daughter, Elizabeth Holmes Browning Durrie. He is survived by his wife, Helen; his sons, George and Ed of Baltimore, MD; his son-in-law, Nick Durrie and future daughter-in-law, Sandy McGovern both of Chevy Chase, MD; grandson, Justin Durrie of Portland, OR; granddaughter, Kyle Durrie of Brunswick, Maine; and his brother, John of Highstown, NJ and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. Friends are invited to join his large extended family at a Memorial Service to be held at St. Mark's Episcopal Church at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, September 28, 2001. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 1000 N. Mississippi, Little Rock, AR 72207. Arrangements are by Ruebel Funeral Home.
        Published on: Wed September 26, 2001