Ambrose married JONES, Nannie about 1894. Nannie was born about 1876 in Kentucky, USA; died on 15 Feb 1964 in Madison, Kentucky, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Highland Cemetery

Family/Spouse: WOODALL, Louise. Louise (daughter of WOODALL, Milford and WOODALL, Lucinda) was born on 21 Dec 1897 in Kentucky, USA; died on 18 Nov 1989 in Elizabethtown, Hardin, Kentucky, USA; was buried in Williamsburg, Whitley, Kentucky, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Death certificate shows incorrect year of death, but correct age.


Buried:
Gatliff Cemetery

Died:
Died in influenza epidemic

Notes:

Thursday, November 1, 2001

Dr. Clyde Milton Brassfield

Dr. Clyde Milton Brassfield, 81, of Elizabethtown, died Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2001, at Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown.

A native of Gatliff, he was a member of Memorial United Methodist Church. He served in the Air Force and in the Medical Administrative Corp. during World War II. He was a past president of the Elizabethtown Lions Club and is in the Lions Hall of Fame. He was one of the original staff members at Hardin Memorial Hospital, where he was a chief of staff. He was a professor emeritus at the University of Louisville Family Practice and was a charter member of the American Family Practice. He was a member of the American Medical Association, the Kentucky Medical Association and the Southern Medical Association. He practiced medicine in Elizabethtown from August 1953 to October 1987.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Herbert and Louise Woodall Brassfield; and two brothers, Edward Brassfield and Harold A. Brassfield.

Survivors include his wife, Dulcie Parker Brassfield; a brother, Roy E. Brassfield of Elizabethtown; a sister, Helen J. Richards of Bakersfield, Calif.; and a family friend, Dolores Caswell.

The funeral is 2 p.m. Saturday at Memorial United Methodist Church with Dr. Jerry Allen Smith, the Rev. Garland Hawkins and the Rev. Rose Jones officiating. Burial will be in Hardin Memorial Park.

Visitation is from 4 to 9 p.m. Friday and will continue at 10 a.m. Saturday at Brown Funeral Home in Elizabethtown.

Family/Spouse: PARKER, Dulcie N. Dulcie (daughter of PARKER, Robert and HARN, May) was born on 20 Mar 1921 in Knox, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

My father was Herbert Brassfield and his father was Ambrose Addison Brassfield. John Lindsay was the father of Ambrose Addison. I am 80 years young and live in Kentucky.

Roy E. Brassfield
RoyEBrassf@aol.com
11/8/2001

Mike:

So far as I know my father, Herbert, was the only child. Apparently Ambrose Addison died while my father was very small. His mother then married Ancil Parks. My dad and mother had the following children namely;

Herbert Edward born 1917....died 1918

Clyde Milton born 1919....died October 31, 2001. He was a doctor and delivered over 3500 babies at the local hospital

Roy (that's me) born 1921. Retired medical Administraor.

Harold Adrian born 1923. Died March 6, 1944. Was tail gunner on a B-17 which was shot down over Holland while returning from a mission to Berlin. This was his 25th mission.

Helen Joyce Richards born 1928. Retired Hospital Medical Records director. Lives in Bakersfield, Ca.

I have one son and two daughters. I have 8 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren. (I think that is right)

Helen has a son and two daughters. She has 5 grandchildren

Clyde and his wife never had children

A great source of info on all the Brassfields and Brasfields is a lady name Donna Johnson who lives in California. She has done a tremendous amount of research and has almost 4000 names listed. Her e-mail address is Sydnee88@aol.com

Stay in touch.

Roy

Roy married DODD, Ellen Inez about 1943. Ellen was born on 3 Jun 1920 in Alabama, USA; died on 11 Aug 2005 in Elizabethtown, Hardin, Kentucky, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Not married - S.Sgt. in USAAF - 8th AF, 388th BG Shot Down and KIA returning from 25th mission - Awarded DFC, Purple Heart Staff Sergeant Harold Adrian Brassfield. This photo was taken in late Feb/early March 1944, just a few days before he was killed in action on a mission to Berlin, March 6, 1944. The photo was taken at Knettishall, England home to his 388th BG of the 8th AF. Harold was awarded the following medals: Distinguished Flying Cross (for his actions of March 6, 1944) Air Medal w/ three Oak Leaf Clusters Purple Heart along with several other battle ribbons and lesser medals. A couple of points of historic interest: *The March 6, 1944 mission was the largest single day loss in 8th AF history. 69 aircraft went down. *At the time of his death , 25 missions were required to complete a tour and rotate back the the states. Harold was returning from his 25th mission when he was shot down. *Four of the 10 crewmen on his crew were KIA when the aircraft exploded. The rest parchuted safely to the ground in Holland and were POW's for the rest of the war. *From the time Harold left is Harlan Co, Kentucky on Dec. 7th, 1942, he was stationed in Florida, Utah, Oregon, Washington and perhaps a couple other places.. but he never again returned home. He never got a leave, and to my knowledge never saw Kentucky again. His plane was a B-17 Flying Fortress named "Blitzing Betsy". He was tail gunner. ******************************* Harold Adrian Brassfield Staff Sergeant Born: 1 June 1923 - Gatliff, Whitley Co., Kentucky Years of Service: 7 December 1942 - 6 March 1944 Branch of Service: USAAF Unit: 388th Bomb Group (Heavy) - 562nd Bomb Squadron - 8th Air Force Decorations: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal w/3 OLC, Purple Heart S/Sgt. Harold A. Brassfield, "Ad" to his friends, was a tail gunner on a B-17 Flying Fortress named "Blitzing Betsy." At the time he served with the 8th AF, it was required that a crew member fly 25 missions to complete his tour. S/Sgt. Brassfield flew his 25th mission on 6 March 1944, which fate had was the first full scale U.S. raid on the German capital of Berlin. S/Sgt. Brassfield and his crew made it to Berlin and dropped their bombs suffering some minor anti aircraft damage. On the return trip to England, "Blitzing Betsy" was attacked by German fighters, set afire which led to a collision with another B-17, and then exploded. During this time S/Sgt. Brassfield reported shooting down a German fighter and immediately being seriously wounded. He was unable to bail out of the spinning, burning B-17 and perished with 3 of his fellow crewmates, one of which probably sacrificed his chance to escape to instead go tend to S/Sgt. Brassfield's wounds. Harold Brassfield was 20 years old. S/Sgt. Brassfield was buried wth great reverence by Dutch citizens who risked the wrath of their Nazi occupiers to see that S/Sgt. Brassfield and his three crewmates got a proper Christian burial. The original burial location was at Nieuw Dordrecht, Holland. After the war S/Sgt. Brassfield was brought back to Whitley Co. and buried in Williamsburg at Highland Park. I would be interested in hearing from anyone at all who knew Harold Brassfield during his youth in Whitley and Harlan Counties. I know he had a girlfriend named Betty or Betsy (hence the name "Blitzing Betsy on his plane.. several of the crew had Betty or Betsy's for girlfriends/wives), who I believe attended Cumberland College. I'd love to know what happened to her.

Buried:
Highland Cemetery

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]