Collins Brown of North Carolina

Looking for information on Collins Brown. He married Fannie Rainey on Dec 16, 1945 in Winton-Salem, Forsyth County, NC. There was a listing of a Collins L. Brown in the 1945 city directory for Winston-Salem. There was no one listed beside his name. (Usually if married the spouse is listed in parenthesis) He was not listed in the city directory from 1946-1948.