Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A mụrụ ya na Smallwood, Fairfield County, South Carolina, May 16, 1920 dịka nwa Boyd na Mary (Tidwell) Brown. Ọ bụ onye otu ụlọ omebe iwu South Carolina; onye nnọchi anya na Democratic National Convention si South Carolina, 1960, 1964,
1968; onye nduzi mbụ nke Ngalaba General Services nke South Carolina (ugbu a na-ahụ maka mmefu ego na njikwa); osote onye isi oche maka ihe gbasara gọọmentị nke Norfolk Southern Corporation (nke bụbu Southern Railway); onye mbụ na-ahụ maka Trustee Emeritus na Mahadum Ahụike nke South Carolina. Onye Presbyterian. Ọ nwụrụ, mgbe ọ rịasịrị ọrịa strok, na Fairfield County, South Carolina, na March 9, 1998. E liri ya n'ebe ili ozu Betel, Winnsboro, South Carolina. A kpọrọ Walter Boyd Brown Industrial Park na Fairfield County aha ya.