Joseph Robert "Bob" Brame, 90, Trigg County, died Wednesday, April 3, 2002, at Jennie Stuart Medical Center of natural causes.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Goodwin Funeral Home. Burial will be in Powell Cemetery, LaFayette. Visitation will be from 4 until 7 p.m. Friday with Masonic rites at 7 p.m.
A native of Bennettstown in Christian County, he was born Nov. 3, 1911, the son of Holman Southall and Robbie Hester Brame.
Early in life he taught in Lebanon and Howell. He farmed and was a rural letter carrier in the land between the rivers until his retirement in 1971. He also worked as a real estate broker and appraiser.
He was a World War II Army veteran who served in the Philippines and Japan. A conservationist, he established the largest tract of black walnut trees between the Allegheny Mountains and the Mississippi River. He was responsible for Trigg County's establishing school bus service for black children prior to school integration.
He was a member, elder, clerk of session and Sunday school teacher at the Newstead Presbyterian Church. He was a Mason and a member of the Shrine and Jesters. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans and was a co-founder of the Trigg County Board of Realtors. His first wife, Atwood Davenport Brame, preceded him in death.
Survivors include his wife, Helen Davenport Sanderson Brame; a son, J. Robert Brame III, Standardville, Va.; a stepdaughter, Gail Sanderson Kelly, Elon, N.C., and six grandchildren.
Update from: Joe Craver -- KY Legionnaire
--Kentucky New Era, Thursday, April 4, 2002, page A2
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Goodwin Funeral Home. Burial will be in Powell Cemetery, LaFayette. Visitation will be from 4 until 7 p.m. Friday with Masonic rites at 7 p.m.
A native of Bennettstown in Christian County, he was born Nov. 3, 1911, the son of Holman Southall and Robbie Hester Brame.
Early in life he taught in Lebanon and Howell. He farmed and was a rural letter carrier in the land between the rivers until his retirement in 1971. He also worked as a real estate broker and appraiser.
He was a World War II Army veteran who served in the Philippines and Japan. A conservationist, he established the largest tract of black walnut trees between the Allegheny Mountains and the Mississippi River. He was responsible for Trigg County's establishing school bus service for black children prior to school integration.
He was a member, elder, clerk of session and Sunday school teacher at the Newstead Presbyterian Church. He was a Mason and a member of the Shrine and Jesters. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans and was a co-founder of the Trigg County Board of Realtors. His first wife, Atwood Davenport Brame, preceded him in death.
Survivors include his wife, Helen Davenport Sanderson Brame; a son, J. Robert Brame III, Standardville, Va.; a stepdaughter, Gail Sanderson Kelly, Elon, N.C., and six grandchildren.
Update from: Joe Craver -- KY Legionnaire
--Kentucky New Era, Thursday, April 4, 2002, page A2
Joseph Robert "Bob" Brame, 90, Trigg County, died Wednesday, April 3, 2002, at Jennie Stuart Medical Center of natural causes.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Goodwin Funeral Home. Burial will be in Powell Cemetery, LaFayette. Visitation will be from 4 until 7 p.m. Friday with Masonic rites at 7 p.m.
A native of Bennettstown in Christian County, he was born Nov. 3, 1911, the son of Holman Southall and Robbie Hester Brame.
Early in life he taught in Lebanon and Howell. He farmed and was a rural letter carrier in the land between the rivers until his retirement in 1971. He also worked as a real estate broker and appraiser.
He was a World War II Army veteran who served in the Philippines and Japan. A conservationist, he established the largest tract of black walnut trees between the Allegheny Mountains and the Mississippi River. He was responsible for Trigg County's establishing school bus service for black children prior to school integration.
He was a member, elder, clerk of session and Sunday school teacher at the Newstead Presbyterian Church. He was a Mason and a member of the Shrine and Jesters. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans and was a co-founder of the Trigg County Board of Realtors. His first wife, Atwood Davenport Brame, preceded him in death.
Survivors include his wife, Helen Davenport Sanderson Brame; a son, J. Robert Brame III, Standardville, Va.; a stepdaughter, Gail Sanderson Kelly, Elon, N.C., and six grandchildren.
Update from: Joe Craver -- KY Legionnaire
--Kentucky New Era, Thursday, April 4, 2002, page A2
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Goodwin Funeral Home. Burial will be in Powell Cemetery, LaFayette. Visitation will be from 4 until 7 p.m. Friday with Masonic rites at 7 p.m.
A native of Bennettstown in Christian County, he was born Nov. 3, 1911, the son of Holman Southall and Robbie Hester Brame.
Early in life he taught in Lebanon and Howell. He farmed and was a rural letter carrier in the land between the rivers until his retirement in 1971. He also worked as a real estate broker and appraiser.
He was a World War II Army veteran who served in the Philippines and Japan. A conservationist, he established the largest tract of black walnut trees between the Allegheny Mountains and the Mississippi River. He was responsible for Trigg County's establishing school bus service for black children prior to school integration.
He was a member, elder, clerk of session and Sunday school teacher at the Newstead Presbyterian Church. He was a Mason and a member of the Shrine and Jesters. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans and was a co-founder of the Trigg County Board of Realtors. His first wife, Atwood Davenport Brame, preceded him in death.
Survivors include his wife, Helen Davenport Sanderson Brame; a son, J. Robert Brame III, Standardville, Va.; a stepdaughter, Gail Sanderson Kelly, Elon, N.C., and six grandchildren.
Update from: Joe Craver -- KY Legionnaire
--Kentucky New Era, Thursday, April 4, 2002, page A2
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