Wrights & Maxeys of Monroe County, Mississippi - Person Sheet
Wrights & Maxeys of Monroe County, Mississippi - Person Sheet
NameBRASFIELD, LTC. Thomas Dane 
, 1C2R*
, 1C2R*Birth Date12 Dec 1932
Birth PlaceSmithville, Monroe County, Mississippi
Death Date30 Dec 2024 Age: 92
Death PlaceFlorence, Lauderdale County, Alabama
FatherBRASFIELD, James Paul (1906-1983)
MotherCROUCH, Cora Reatha (1905-1970)
Misc. Notes
Thomas Dane Brasfield, age 92, died December 30, 2024 in Florence, AL.
Dane was born December 12, 1932 in Smithville, MS to Cora Crouch Brasfield and James Paul Brasfield. He was the third of three children. He attended school in Smithville until tenth grade and then moved to Aberdeen, where he graduated Aberdeen High School in the class of 1950.
Dane served in the US Army from 1953-1955 during the Korean War. He served four more years in the Active Army Reserve and was discharged as a master sergeant.
Dane married Joyce Marie Ray in 1959, and they had one daughter, Jane Marie.
Dane began working at American Potash Chemical in 1958, which later became Kerr McGee Chemical, and then Tronox. He retired in 1995 after 36 years as operations superintendent.
Dane was preceded in death by his wife, Joyce Ray Brasfield, his parents, his brother James Don Brasfield, his sister Nell Brasfield Williams, and his grandson Owen Douglas Tinkham.
Surviving family members include his daughter, Jane Brasfield Tinkham of Muscle Shoals, AL and his granddaughter Cori Tinkham Cruz (Manuel) of Chattanooga, TN.
Dane was a member of First United Methodist Church in Aberdeen since 1959.
Dane was born December 12, 1932 in Smithville, MS to Cora Crouch Brasfield and James Paul Brasfield. He was the third of three children. He attended school in Smithville until tenth grade and then moved to Aberdeen, where he graduated Aberdeen High School in the class of 1950.
Dane served in the US Army from 1953-1955 during the Korean War. He served four more years in the Active Army Reserve and was discharged as a master sergeant.
Dane married Joyce Marie Ray in 1959, and they had one daughter, Jane Marie.
Dane began working at American Potash Chemical in 1958, which later became Kerr McGee Chemical, and then Tronox. He retired in 1995 after 36 years as operations superintendent.
Dane was preceded in death by his wife, Joyce Ray Brasfield, his parents, his brother James Don Brasfield, his sister Nell Brasfield Williams, and his grandson Owen Douglas Tinkham.
Surviving family members include his daughter, Jane Brasfield Tinkham of Muscle Shoals, AL and his granddaughter Cori Tinkham Cruz (Manuel) of Chattanooga, TN.
Dane was a member of First United Methodist Church in Aberdeen since 1959.
Spouses
Birth Date26 Mar 1933
Birth PlaceAberdeen, Monroe County, Mississippi
Death Date27 Jan 2020 Age: 86
Death PlaceFlorence, Lauderdale County, Alabama
Misc. Notes
Joyce Marie Ray Brasfield died January 27, 2020, in Florence, AL, at Glenwood Center. She was born March 26, 1933, in Aberdeen, MS, to Mildred Morgan Ray and John M. Ray, the third of four daughters.
Joyce was a lifelong member of First United Methodist Church in Aberdeen, until her health declined in 2013. Joyce married Thomas Dane Brasfield on January 30, 1959. Their 61st anniversary would have been in three days.
Joyce and Dane have one daughter, Jane Marie.
Joyce is survived by her husband Dane of Aberdeen and Florence, AL, daughter Jane Tinkham, son-in law Doug Tinkham, granddaughter Cori Tinkham, grandson Owen Tinkham (all of Muscle Shoals, AL), sister Johnnie R. Rogers of Aberdeen, brother-in-law Clarence R. Brown of Aberdeen, and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, two sisters, Ruth R. Brown of Aberdeen, and Doris R. McCallum of Texas.
Joyce was a lifelong member of First United Methodist Church in Aberdeen, until her health declined in 2013. Joyce married Thomas Dane Brasfield on January 30, 1959. Their 61st anniversary would have been in three days.
Joyce and Dane have one daughter, Jane Marie.
Joyce is survived by her husband Dane of Aberdeen and Florence, AL, daughter Jane Tinkham, son-in law Doug Tinkham, granddaughter Cori Tinkham, grandson Owen Tinkham (all of Muscle Shoals, AL), sister Johnnie R. Rogers of Aberdeen, brother-in-law Clarence R. Brown of Aberdeen, and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, two sisters, Ruth R. Brown of Aberdeen, and Doris R. McCallum of Texas.
Marr Date30 Jan 1959
ChildrenJane Marie