Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Casey, John F., 2007 

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JOHN FRANKLIN CASEY 

  John Franklin "Frank" Casey, 75, died Tuesday, April 24, 2007 at Sentara 
Obici Hospital in Suffolk, Virginia.  Born October 4, 1931 in El Paso, TX, 
he was the son of the late Wiley Sanders Casey and Bessie Lena Wilson Casey. 
After serving four years in the U.S. Air Force, attaining the rank of Staff 
Sergeant, he attended Texas Western College, now University of Texas at El 
Paso, earning a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in physics.  He was employed 
with the El Paso Natural Gas Co., Globe Universal Sciences, Inc., and 
retired in 2004 from MSD Autotronic Ignition Corp. after 30 years of 
service.  Frank will be remembered for his kindness, his patience, his 
thoughtfulness, and his generosity.  He will be greatly missed by his 
children, David Robert Casey and wife, Lacey, of Grapevine, TX, and Laura 
Michele Brooks and husband, Jerry, of Wakefield, Va.; grandchildren, Kasey 
Michele Goff and Beau Michael Brooks, of Wakefield, and Dakota Robert Brooks 
of Tamps, FL; brother, Edwin Sanders Casey of Albuquerque, NM; and numerous 
cousins and friends.  Funeral services will be held Saturday, April 28, 2007 
at 1:00 p.m. in the Purviance Chapel of J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home, 
Wakefield, with the Rev. Steve Gupton officiating.  Interment with military 
rites will follow in Wakefield Cemetery, Wakefield, Va.  The family will 
receive friends at the funeral home on Friday evening, 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. 
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the University of 
Texas at El Paso Physics Dept. at: UTEP Physics Dept. Program Fund, 500 West 
University Avenue, El Paso, TX 79968-0515.


John Franklin "Frank" CASEY, Air force veteran, retired natural gas scientist, 
b. 4 Oct 1931, El Paso, TX, d. 24 Apr 2007, Suffolk, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 28 Apr 2007, 
"The El Paso (TX) Times," Apr. 27, 2007, p. 16 

*Wakefield list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 

His parents are buried in Restlawn Memorial Park, El Paso, TX. 


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