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of Augusta, Georgia at death- he had 12 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren
Date Published: January 24, 2004
ERNEST ALSBROOKS
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Mr. Ernest Alsbrooks, 81, beloved husband of Georgia Ann Alsbrooks entered into rest Thursday, Jan. 22, 2004, at Eisenhower Medical Center in Fort Gordon.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. today, Jan. 24, 2004, from the chapel of Elliott Sons Funeral Home with Dr. Gordon Robinson and Rev. Steve Patterson officiating. Interment will follow in Hillcrest Memorial Park with full military honors. The family will receive friends at the funeral home one hour prior to the commencement of services.
Additional survivors include three sons, Raymond Alsbrooks and his wife, Jami, of Williston, S.C., Robert Ellis Alsbrooks and his wife, Sharon, of Flager, Fla., and Michael D. Barker and his wife, Jo, of Alpharetta, Ga.; three daughters, Bonnie A. McKelvy of her husband, Milton Peterson, of Yorba Linda, Calif., Jeanne and her husband William A. McDowell of Ashland, Va., and Elizabeth and her husband, John M. Wills, of Greenville; two sisters, Juanita A. Elders of Lynchburg, Va., and Katie A. McDuffie of Sumter; a brother, Alfred Alsbrooks of Sumter; 12 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Mr. Alsbrooks was a native of Sumter and has lived in the Augusta area since 1967. He retired as a master sergeant from the United States Air Force and served in Central Europe, Normandy, Northern France and Germany during WWII. He also was a veteran of the Vietnam War. He was awarded the Vietnam Campaign Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, with one bronze star and the National Defense Service Medal.
Honorary pallbearers for the funeral will be Dr. Charles Noble, Reedy P. Herring, Lyle Wolfgram, Clarence O'Neal, Pete O'Neal, Ben Lively, Kenneth Hartsoe, David Florence, Steve Alsbrooks, Bobby McDuffie, Ray Bourne, Otis Harrison and Dale Wycoff.
If so desired, memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 1899 Central Ave., Augusta, GA 30904.
Elliott Sons Funeral Home, 2524 Lumpkin Road in Augusta, is in charge of arrangements. [2, 5] |
1922 - 2004 (81 years)
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