Obituary of John Lenderman Brookshire ~ 2004

Source: The Goldsboro News-Argus Dec 13 2004

WARSAW -- John Lenderman Brookshire died Saturday at age 85. 
He was born in Wilkes County to William Jay and Annie P. Lenderman 
Brookshire and moved to Winston-Salem at the age of three.
After serving as a Master Sergeant in the Army Air Corps and then as an 
engineer for the Winston-Salem Southbound Railroad, he moved to Warsaw in 
1997.
He was a volunteer for the Food Bank and a member of Warsaw United 
Methodist Church.
He is preceded in death by his first wife, Frances Louise Crews. 
Among his survivors are his wife, Helen Thomas: a son, Donald J. 
Brookshire and wife, Sandy, of Winston-Salem; two daughters, Ondra B. 
Black of Clinton and Deborah K. Gore and husband, Joe Allen, of Warsaw; 
six grandchildren, "Scooter" and Kevin Brookshire of W.Va., Alex, Juan and 
Manuel Eason of Warsaw, and Sandra Renee Eason Nelson and husband, Kirk, 
of Des Moines, Iowa; and five great-grandchildren, Jessica, Ashley and 
Kirsten Nelson of Iowa and Genesis and Haley of Wallace.
Visitation will be tonight from 7 to 9 at the Community Funeral Home in 
Warsaw. 
A funeral service will be held at Warsaw United Methodist Church at 11 
a.m. on Tuesday.
The family will travel Wednesday to Winston-Salem for a 10 a.m. memorial 
service in the chapel at Gardens of Memory, followed by a graveside service.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Warsaw United Methodist 
Church.
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