Cooke Co., TX - Obits: Thomas Reed Brinkley ************************************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Don Raymond USGenWeb Archives. Copyright. All rights reserved http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************************** THOMAS REED BRINKLEY Daily Register, Gainesville, (Texas), Fri., Aug. 8, 1952: Thomas Reed Brinkley, 74, of 318 South Chestnut street, died at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in a local hospital. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Minnie Brinkley, seven sons, W. W. of Phoenix, Ariz., Adrian of Dallas, and Frederick, William, Thomas, Jr., Jesse H. and Robert Brinkley, all of Gainesville; six daughters, Mrs. Jewel Bachman, Mrs. Clara Lee Cummings, Misses Patricia and Audry Lee Brinkley, all of Gaines- ville; Mrs. Iva Lee Sutton, Abilene, and Mrs. Margaret Dunn, Vernon; three brothers, three sisters, 11 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Geo. J. Carroll and Son Funeral Chapel with the Rev. C. M. Thomas, pastor of the First Baptist chapel, officiating. Burial will be in Fairview cemetery. Mr. Brinkley had resided in Gainesville since 1940. He was born Sept. 15, 1877 at Decatur.