Joe Ellis Brown

Joe Ellis Brown was an American schoolteacher and politician.
Born in Anderson County, [South Carolina|Anderson County], South Carolina, to Prue Ellis and Elouise Grant-Brown, he played football at Allen University and obtained a master's degree at South Carolina State University. He was named principal of Hopkins High School in 1957. Richland County [School District One] later made Brown principal of Hopkins Junior High, until he retired in 1985. A Democrat, Brown was a member of the South [Carolina House of Representatives] for district 73 from 1986 to 2006.