4. | BRASSFIELD, Roy Edwin (2.Mattie2, 1.Samuel1) was born on 19 Mar 1919 in Gardner, Kansas; died on 29 Jun 2005 in Olathe, Johnson County, Kansas; was buried on 7 Jul 2005 in Osawatomie, Kansas (Osawatomie Cemetery). Notes:
Roy Edwin Brassfield, 86, Olathe, a former Osawatomie and Paola resident and Osawatomie barber, died Wednesday, June 29, 2005, in the Good Samaritan Center in Olathe. Mr. Brassfield owned and operated a barber shop in Osawatomie from 1953 until retiring in 1981. He was born March 19, 1919, in Gardner, the son of Daniel Roy and Mattie Pearl Mooney Brassfield. He grew up in the Spring Ridge community and attended Wild Creek rural school. On Jan. 28, 1939, he and Helen Lourean Swearingen were married in Paola. They made their home in Osawatomie and became the parents of two daughters. They celebrated 66 years of marriage in January of this year. He worked at Hercules for a time, first as a carpenter and then in making powder. He had also worked on the section gang for Missouri Pacific Railroad. From April 1944 until April 1946, he served with the U.S. Army during World War II. After being honorably discharged, he attended Moler Barber College in Kansas City, Mo. They lived in Paola and Ottawa before moving back to Osawatomie. They moved to Olathe in November 1989. He also served as a volunteer deputy in Miami County and in the Osawatomie Police Department. His memberships included the Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion and the Kansas Peace Officers Association. Those preceding him in death included a brother, Lloyd, who died at the age of 9. Survivors include his wife of the home; two daughters, Helen Irene Fickell of Olathe and Judy Marie Milburn of Burlington; three grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; two stepgranchildren; and two stepgreat-grandchildren. Graveside services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in Osawatomie Cemetery with military honors. Arrangements are under the direction of Eddy-Birchard Funeral Home in Osawatomie where he will be in state from 1 to 8 p.m. today. * Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association.
Roy married SWEARINGEN, Helen Lourean on 28 Jan 1939 in Paola, Miami, Kansas, USA. Helen was born about 1919. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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