ill Brown, owner of Liquid Waste Industries, passed away Jan. 6 from injuries sustained in a car crash. He was 46. Survivors include his wife, Helen Clair Hawkins-Brown; daughters Annabel Taylor Rose and Grace Mary Margaret; and parents William Eugene and Mary Alice Brown.
“He was just your typical down-to-earth kind of person that you meet in our industry,” says Jeremy Hawkins, Brown’s brother-in-law and owner of www.blu-john.com Portable Sanitation in Cumming, Ga. “He never met a stranger; everybody was a friend. He just had that way about him.”
Located in Dallas, Ga., a suburb of Atlanta, Liquid Waste Industries provides parts and supplies for the portable restroom, septic and grease pumping industry. Brown’s wife will continue to run the business.
“We will be at the Pumper Show [WWETT, booth 1414],” Hawkins says. “Helen will be in the booth along with her daughters. We would love to see Bill’s friends come by and say hello. We’re looking forward to growing the business.