Thomas F. Brookshire, Sr., 81, of 79 Bennett Road, Candler, died Thursday, October 26, 2000.
Mr. Brookshire was born in Buncombe County and was a son of the late Charles E. and Ethel Fan Clontz Brookshire, Sr. He was also preceded in death by three sisters, Katherine Spivey, Ann Franklin, and Barbara Beck, and one brother, Charles E. Brookshire, Jr. He was an Air Traffic Controller with the Army Air Corps during WWII.
He retired in 1982 after 42 years with American Enka and was a member of Enka Baptist Church where he was a former Sunday School Superintendent, deacon, and member of St. Paul’s Sunday School Class. He coached Hominy Valley Babe Ruth League baseball for several years.
Surviving are his wife, Betty Lindsey Brookshire; one son, Thomas F. Brookshire, Jr. and his wife Carol of Candler; three stepsons and their wives, Robert and Kathryn Epley of Greenville, SC, Dave and Barbara Epley of Asheville, and Ted and Tammy Epley of Brady, TX; seven grandchildren and three step-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 2:00 pm Sunday at Enka Baptist Church with the Rev. Ron Brown officiating. Burial will be at Pisgah View Memorial Park.
Mr. Brookshire was born in Buncombe County and was a son of the late Charles E. and Ethel Fan Clontz Brookshire, Sr. He was also preceded in death by three sisters, Katherine Spivey, Ann Franklin, and Barbara Beck, and one brother, Charles E. Brookshire, Jr. He was an Air Traffic Controller with the Army Air Corps during WWII.
He retired in 1982 after 42 years with American Enka and was a member of Enka Baptist Church where he was a former Sunday School Superintendent, deacon, and member of St. Paul’s Sunday School Class. He coached Hominy Valley Babe Ruth League baseball for several years.
Surviving are his wife, Betty Lindsey Brookshire; one son, Thomas F. Brookshire, Jr. and his wife Carol of Candler; three stepsons and their wives, Robert and Kathryn Epley of Greenville, SC, Dave and Barbara Epley of Asheville, and Ted and Tammy Epley of Brady, TX; seven grandchildren and three step-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 2:00 pm Sunday at Enka Baptist Church with the Rev. Ron Brown officiating. Burial will be at Pisgah View Memorial Park.
Thomas F. Brookshire, Sr., 81, of 79 Bennett Road, Candler, died Thursday, October 26, 2000.
Mr. Brookshire was born in Buncombe County and was a son of the late Charles E. and Ethel Fan Clontz Brookshire, Sr. He was also preceded in death by three sisters, Katherine Spivey, Ann Franklin, and Barbara Beck, and one brother, Charles E. Brookshire, Jr. He was an Air Traffic Controller with the Army Air Corps during WWII.
He retired in 1982 after 42 years with American Enka and was a member of Enka Baptist Church where he was a former Sunday School Superintendent, deacon, and member of St. Paul’s Sunday School Class. He coached Hominy Valley Babe Ruth League baseball for several years.
Surviving are his wife, Betty Lindsey Brookshire; one son, Thomas F. Brookshire, Jr. and his wife Carol of Candler; three stepsons and their wives, Robert and Kathryn Epley of Greenville, SC, Dave and Barbara Epley of Asheville, and Ted and Tammy Epley of Brady, TX; seven grandchildren and three step-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 2:00 pm Sunday at Enka Baptist Church with the Rev. Ron Brown officiating. Burial will be at Pisgah View Memorial Park.
Mr. Brookshire was born in Buncombe County and was a son of the late Charles E. and Ethel Fan Clontz Brookshire, Sr. He was also preceded in death by three sisters, Katherine Spivey, Ann Franklin, and Barbara Beck, and one brother, Charles E. Brookshire, Jr. He was an Air Traffic Controller with the Army Air Corps during WWII.
He retired in 1982 after 42 years with American Enka and was a member of Enka Baptist Church where he was a former Sunday School Superintendent, deacon, and member of St. Paul’s Sunday School Class. He coached Hominy Valley Babe Ruth League baseball for several years.
Surviving are his wife, Betty Lindsey Brookshire; one son, Thomas F. Brookshire, Jr. and his wife Carol of Candler; three stepsons and their wives, Robert and Kathryn Epley of Greenville, SC, Dave and Barbara Epley of Asheville, and Ted and Tammy Epley of Brady, TX; seven grandchildren and three step-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 2:00 pm Sunday at Enka Baptist Church with the Rev. Ron Brown officiating. Burial will be at Pisgah View Memorial Park.
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