Living married Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

This site is so neat! My father was Richard Duane Brasfield from Dresden
Tennessee (Born 1919/died 4/3/70) and was a Surgeon.
Jasper Lee Brasfield (cir 1900) has my dads 'mouth and nose' ....very
interesting!
I've printed out some of the pages/names to ask my mom (unfotunately now
with Alzheimers) about them.

Richard Duane Brasfield's sister: Mary Caniela(sp?) married a Grooms Herron

I've heard that there are Brasfields in Long Island, New York now, as well
as Tennessee

Pamela Purcell 5/4/2001
Pamela.Purcell@med.va.gov

Richard married BOWLIN, Ruth Anne on 2 Jun 1942 in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA. Ruth (daughter of BOWLIN, Paul and PASCHEL, Shelia Belle) was born on 12 Jul 1919; died on 22 Jan 2004 in Somers, Westchester, New York, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Tuesday, January 27th, 2004 - BRASFIELD, RUTH BOWLIN - Ruth Bowlin Brasfield, residing in Briarcliff Manor, passed away at home on January 22, 2004 after a short illness. Born, Ruth Ann Bowlin, on July 12, 1919 in Toledo, Ohio, growing up in Dresden, Tennessee, where she married her childhood sweetheart, Richard, in 1942. Ruth and Richard came to NY area in the 1950's. She was a long term resident of Pelham Manor for 22 years, before moving to Eastchester in 1983. Her husband, Dr. Richard Brasfield, passed away in 1970. She obtained a B.A degree in Home Economics from Murray State University, and her Masters Degree in Education from the College of New Rochelle in 1973. Ruth was an active member and past president of the Pelham PTA prior to becoming a home economics teacher at Pelham Memorial High School in 1970, where she taught for over 20 years. An active member of the Scarsdale Congregational Church Women's Guild while living in Eastchester until she moved to Briarcliff Manor in 2000. She is survived by her children Pam Purcell of Somers, NY and Richard Brasfield of Westport Conneticut, and fourt grandchildren: Erin and Lauren Purcell, Emily and Jennifer Brasfield. She will be remembered for her remarkable ability to teach boys (and girls) how to cook and sew T-shirts, her sense of southern hospitality and elegance, her willingness to go out of her way to show care and concern for those around her, her dedication and devotion to her grandchildren, and for always being a true "lady" in every sense of the word. A Memorial Service will be held Saturday, January 31st at 3:00 pm at the Scarsdale Congregational Church on Heathcote Rd in Scarsdale

Roy married BOBBITT, Johnnie Costen on 17 Nov 1915 in Gleason, Weakley, Tennessee, USA. Johnnie (daughter of BOBBITT, Alonzao Duane and COSTEN, Mary Stat Ira) was born on 11 Jan 1890 in Gleason, Weakley, Tennessee, USA; died on 21 Nov 1951 in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Paul married PASCHEL, Shelia Belle. Shelia was born about 1899. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]