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- Joe Brasfield
AMORY - Joe Lloyd Brasfield, 69, died Jan. 18, 2008, at Baptist Hospital-Jackson. Services are today at 1 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Amory with Dr. Allen Simpson, Joseph Brasfield, Jillian Brasfield and Johnny Burrow officiating. Burial will follow at Pearce Chapel Cemetery. E.E. Pickle Funeral Home in Amory is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Brasfield was born April 5, 1938, in Smithville to the late William Floyd and Daisy Corinne Comer Brasfield. He was a lifelong resident of Monroe County, living in the Mt. Zion Community and in Amory. He was a member of Mississippi National Guard and First Baptist Church in Amory. He worked in commercial knife sharpening and as a retail merchant. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Reuble Brasfield. He is survived by his wife, Brenda Burrow Brasfield of Amory; sons Joe Lloyd Brasfield Jr. of Waycross Ga., and Craig Burrow Brasfield of McAllen, Texas; sisters, June Brasfield Williams and Betty Brasfield Williams, both of Amory, Lane Brasfield Johnson of Tupelo, Janice Brasfield Lann of Smithville and Deborah Brasfield Akola of Willow, Alaska; and five grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Joseph and Jillian Brasfield, Earl Stevens, Thomas Carroll, Curtis Lewellen, Lester Cagle, Don and Billy Pete Leech, Bobby Hill, Jerry Reese, Pete Randle, Keith Steele and Jimmy Williams. Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church of Amory or First Friends, P.O. Box 540, Amory, MS 38821.
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