Levi Brookshire

Services for Levi Dean Brookshire, 96, of Tyler, will be held on Wednesday, December 1, 2010, at 10:00 AM at Stewart Family Funeral Home Chapel with Gary Montgomery, Don Crawford and William Hardy officiating. Burial will follow at Tyler Memorial Park Cemetery in Tyler under the direction of Stewart Family Funeral Home. Mr. Brookshire passed away on Saturday, November 27, 2010 in Tyler under the care of Hospice of East Texas. Dean was born February 4, 1914 in Mt. Pleasant soon moving to the small community of Horton in Delta County where he attended a one room school. It was here that he met Maurine Lancaster. They were married in 1933 and enjoyed 66 years of marriage. Mr. Brookshire attended Freed Hardeman College in Henderson, TN where he furthered his education in the ministry. He began full time ministry work in 1940 in Monument, NM and continued his ministry in Plainview, Lubbock, Richardson, Tyler, Longview and Van. Mr. Brookshire held gospel meetings in more than 20 different states and several different countries. The highlight of his ministry was to walk where Jesus had walked and to preach in Jerusalem on two different occasions. He was a member of the West Erwin Church of Christ where he served as the pulpit minister from 1958-1968. Dean was preceded in death by his parents, Wesley and Fannie Brookshire; his loving wife, Maurine Lancaster Brookshire; brother’s, Grady, Clifton, Garland and Annis; and sister Grace Verner. He is survived by his loving family including his two sons, Herbert and wife Wanda of Cooper and Dudley and wife Jeanie of Tyler; granddaughters, Melissa Frick and husband Mark of Chandler, and Stacey Andrewartha and husband Jeff Round Rock; great-grandchildren, Cody and Tori Frick of Chandler, Raffe, Rhenn and Reese Andrewartha of Round Rock; brother Roy Brookshire of Plano and sister Bera Wagner of Kansas City, Kansas; and trusted and devoted Christian friend, Jean Handley. Pallbearers will be Jeff Andrewartha, Mark Frick, Cody Frick, Arnold Ables, Mike Garrett, Fred Vanderpool, Phil Marts and Roy Dean Verner. Honorary pallbearers will be Raffe Andrewartha and Rhenn Andrewartha and the Elders of West Erwin Church of Christ. Visitation is scheduled from 6:00 – 8:00 PM on Tuesday, November 30, 2010 at Stewart Family Funeral Home, 7525 Old Jacksonville Hwy., Tyler, Texas 75703. The family would like to request that in lieu of flowers, memorials in honor of Levi Dean Brookshire be made to the Maurine Brookshire Memorial Children’s Home in India, C/O the Patton Lane Church of Christ, 165 Patton Lane, Tyler, 75709 or the Hospice of East Texas Foundation, 4111 University Blvd, Tyler, 75701.

Levi Brookshire

February 4, 1914 - November 27, 2010