Kọ́kọ́ parí gbólóhùn tó wà nísàlẹ̀ yìí: Ọmọ ẹgbẹ́ òṣèlú Democrat ni, wọ́n bí i ní Smallwood, Fairfield County, South Carolina, ní May 16, 1920 gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọmọ Boyd àti Mary (Tidwell) Brown. O je omo ile igbimo asofin ile South Carolina; o je omo egbe oselu Democratic National Convention lati South Carolina, 1960, 1964,
1968; oludari akọkọ ti Ẹka South Carolina ti Awọn Iṣẹ Gbogbogbo (lọwọlọwọ Iṣuna ati Iṣakoso Iṣakoso); igbakeji-aare fun awọn ọran ijọba ti Norfolk Southern Corporation (tẹlẹ Southern Railway); Oludari akọkọ Emeritus ni Ile-ẹkọ giga Iṣoogun ti South Carolina. Ọmọ ìjọ Presbyterian. Ó kú lẹ́yìn tí àrùn rọpárọsẹ̀ kọ lù ú ní Fairfield County, South Carolina, ní March 9, 1998. Wọ́n sin ín sí ibi ìsìnkú Bethel, Winnsboro, South Carolina. Ilé-iṣẹ́ Walter Boyd Brown Industrial Park ní Fairfield County ni wọ́n fi orúkọ rẹ̀ pè.