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Record for Bertie Leon Brookover (32) facts
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Bertie Leon Brookover VVeteran
1913 - 2001 • Coolville Cemetery
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Bertie Leon Brookover
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Birth 8 Jul 1913
Fairview, Marion County, West Virginia, USA
Death 16 May 2001 (aged 87)
Eustis, Lake County, Florida, USA
Burial Coolville Cemetery
Coolville, Athens County, Ohio, USA
Memorial ID96731781
· MAJ US ARMY
WORLD WAR II
Bertie Leon Brookover of Tavares, FL, formerly of Stewart, Ohio; died Wednesday May 16, 2001 in Eustis, FL.
Born July 8, 1913 in Fairview, WV, he was the son of the late Learney French and Mary Alice Jones Brookover.
He was a 1936 graduate of the agricultural sciences program at West Virginia University, and an avid fan of the Mountaineers. He was a World War II veteran of the 101 First Airborne Division and achieved the rank of Captain. He also served 17 years with the Reserves as a Major.
He owned a dairy farm at the site where Federal Hocking High School now stands. He also built, owned and operated Skyline Speedway and was a timber contractor. He was a member of the Blackburn Hill Church of Christ in Athens, Ohio. He was a life member of Disabled American Veterans Post 37 of Athens, and a past member of Stewart Grange, Rome Canaan School Board and the Farm Bureau.
He is survived by his wife, Alice O. Brookover; a sister, Sylvia Ammons; children, Angy Cessna of Winchester, VA, Margaret Bennett of Athens OH, Susan (Robert) Sebring of Athens, OH, Nancy (Dave) Lunsford of Key Colony Beach, FL; stepchildren, John and Carl Campbell of Florida; 15 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren, and 4 great-great-grandchildren.
Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by his previous wife, Thelma Irene Neely; a son Bertie L. Brookover Jr; a grandson, Jeffrey Blaine Cessna; a great-granddaughter Sabrina; a brother, Jacob Brookover; and sisters Gail Hamilton, Stella Tennant and Chole Brookover.
Services will be held Monday, 1pm at Hughes Funeral Home in Athens, with John King officiating. Burial will be in Coolville Cemetery, with military services conducted by Athens VFW Post 37.
Gravesite Details
NGL shows he is interred here at Coolville Cemetery
Family Members
Parents
Learney French "LF" Brookover
1884-1949
Mary Alice Jones Brookover
1881-1960
Spouses
Angy Virginia Menear
1918-1973 (m. 1936)
Thelma Irene Neely Brookover
1918-1957 (m. 1943)
Alice Opal Phelps Brookover
1920-2010 (m. 1958)
Siblings
Clevie Dale Brookover
1906-1910
Hattie Gail Brookover Hamilton
1907-1990
Stella Bernice Brookover Tennant
1910-1998
Sylvia Dell Brookover Ammons
1920-2001
Children
Margaret Alice Brookover Bennett
1946-2022
Bertie L "Jr" Brookover Jr
1947-1957
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Angy Virginia Menear
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Angy Virginia Menear
Birth 23 May 1918
District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA
Death 23 Feb 1973 (aged 54)
West Virginia, USA
Burial Ebenezer Cemetery
Romney, Hampshire County, West Virginia, USA
Memorial ID131338582 ·
Photos 2
Flowers 1
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Family Members
Parents
Walter Glen Menear
1889-1970
Angy Florida Grimm Menear
1892-1939
Spouse
Bertie Leon Brookover
1913-2001 (m. 1936)
Siblings
Walter Raymond Menear
1914-1969
Half Siblings
William Harrison Menear
1936-2003
Flowers
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Bertie & Alice; Skyline Speedway,
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Bertie Leon Brookover VVeteran
1913 - 2001 • Coolville Cemetery
Photos 18
Flowers 5
Bertie Leon Brookover
Photo added by Nancy Lunsford
Picture of
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Birth 8 Jul 1913
Fairview, Marion County, West Virginia, USA
Death 16 May… |
- [S1115] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
Record for Alice Opal Brookover (39) facts
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Alice Opal Phelps Brookover
BIRTH 5 Aug 1920
West Virginia, USA
DEATH 14 Dec 2010 (aged 90)
Eustis, Lake County, Florida, USA
BURIAL Coolville Cemetery
Coolville, Athens County, Ohio, USA
MEMORIAL ID170695527 ·
PHOTOS 3
FLOWERS 1
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Wife (3rd) of Bertie L Brookover (8 July 1913 - 16, May 2001)
Alice O. Brookover, 90, of Eustis, FL passed away Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010 at Florida Hospital Waterman in Mt. Dora, FL.
She was born Aug. 5. 1920 in Scott Depot, WV; daughter of the late Jasper W. and Martha Isaacs Phelps.
She is survied by 2 sons, John Campbell and Carl Campbell; 4 step-daughters, Nancy Lunsford (Dave), Susie Sebring (Bob), Margaret Bennett and Angy Brookover; a sister, Mary June Watts and 14 grandchildren.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her (1st) husband, John W. Campbell, and also by her (2nd) husband, Bertie L. Brookover; 5 brothers; 2 sisters, and both parents.
Services will be held at 2 P.M., Saturday, Dec. 18, 2010 at White-Schwarzel Funeral Home, Coolville, OH. Burial will be in the Coolville Cemetery.
Family Members
Parents Jasper Wallace Phelps 1890-1953
Martha Ellen Isaacs Phelps 1891-1944
Spouses PFC Paul D. Campbell 1919-1946 (m. 1941)
Bertie Leon Brookover 1913-2001 (m. 1958)
Siblings Alpha R. Phelps 1912-1914
Ezra A. Phelps 1918-1919
Elinor Amy Phelps Griffin 1924-2009
Don Hansford Phelps 1930-2007
Children John Paul "JC" Campbell 1942-2018
Carl Leslie "Bodie" Campbell 1943-2024
Flowers
Miss your cookies & cakes. Miss you.
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Alice Opal Phelps Brookover
BIRTH 5 Aug 1920
West Virginia, USA
DEATH 14 Dec 2010 (aged 90)
Eustis, Lake County, Florida, USA
BURIAL Coolville Cemetery
Coolville, Athens County, Ohio, USA
MEMORIAL ID170695527 ·
PHOTOS 3
FLOWERS 1
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1946 - 2022 (76 years)
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