Montgomery County AlArchives Photo Person.....Brassell, James Thomas "Tom" March 5, 1986 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ruth Mitchell Ruth594@aol.com May 15, 2014, 10:50 am Source: Montgomery Advertiser Obit 5/15/2014 Name: James Thomas "Tom" Brassell Date Of Photograph: March 5, 1986 Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/montgomery/photos/brassell11521gph.jpg Image file size: 50.5 Kb James Thomas Brassell of Montgomery, Alabama Graduate of Sidney Lanier High School, Montgomery, AL in 1939 Wake Forest College in North Carolina training in finance Duke University Officer Candidate School and four years in military during World War II; then recalled for Korean Conflict and obtained rank of Major. State of Alabama employee firstly as Certified Data Processor (installer of first State of Alabama computer); Assistant Finance Director; Office of Attorney General Consumer Affairs Division supervisor; assisted Robin Swift, Alabama Finance Director in the creation of State Risk Management Division; honored in 1986 by Jacksonville State University as Outstanding State Employee of the Year; Chairman of the Board of Deacons of Highland Avenue Baptist Church; founding member of McGehee Road Baptist Church, Montgomery, AL; President of Montgomery Exchange Club; instrumental in founding the first Educational Television Station in Montgomery; President of Geneological Society and served on numerous Board of Directors. Died May 12, 2014 Age 92 Montgomery File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/montgomery/photos/brassell11521gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb