Brown, Sara Martin

Sara Martin Brown of Liberty County, Ga., was married to Roberts H. Brown, a lawyer who served as speaker of the Alabama House of State Representatives, 1951-1953. Sara Brown's mother was Corrie McDowell Martin, and her sister, Mary Louise Perkins, was an artist who died in a plane crash on 3 June 1962 at the end of a European tour sponsored by the Atlanta Art Association.

Sara Martin Brown was the daughter of Donald F. Martin, Sr., of Liberty County, Ga., son of Ellen Barrett Fleming Martin. Her family included her mother, Corrie McDowell Martin; brother, Donald F. Martin, Jr.; and sister, Mary Louise Perkins. In December 1935, Sara Martin married Roberts H. Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Vandiver Brown. His parents ran the San Marcos Baptist Academy in San Marcos, Tex., and had three other children: Irene, Beryl, and Kirtley. Roberts H. Brown attended the Culver Military Academy, Culver, Ind., in 1924 and was graduated from the University of Georgia Law School in December 1935. He served as Lee County representative in the Alabama legislature and speaker of the Alabama House of State Representatives, 1951-1953.

Mary Louise Perkins, Sara's sister, was married to Percy H. Perkins, Jr., a well-known Atlanta architect. Mary Louise Perkins was a portrait artist who attended Queens College in North Carolina and was the first graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Applied Arts degree from the University of Georgia in 1931. An art patron and member of the Atlanta Art Association, she died in a plane crash on 3 June 1962 in Paris, France, at the end of a six-week European tour. The crash killed more than 120 passengers, including many of the High Museum of Art's trustees and contributors.