Son of Merlin Brockette & Tabitha (Kemp) Brockette.
Claude Tuttle Brockette, Rev.
Jan 18, 1876 - Oct 25, 1956
Blooming Grove
Rites Friday For Rev.C.T. Brockette
BLOOMING GROVE, Oct. 25—(Spl)—Funeral services will be held Friday at 3 p.m. for the Rev. Claude T. Brockette, 80, retired Methodist minister, who died at this home in Hillsboro Thursday.
The services will be held from the First Methodist Church at Blooming Grove with burial in Rose Hill cemetery. The Rev. Roy Davis,
Pastor of the church, and the Rev. Bruce Weaver, pastor of the Hillsboro Methodist Church, will conduct the rites.
A native of Tennessee, the Rev. Mr. Brockett came to Texas at the age of 18. He was ordained a minister in 1908 and retired in 1942.
He had held pastorates at many churches in the central Texas conference the last being at Blooming Grove where he resided until 1954.
Survivors include his wife, Hillsboro; two sons, C. T. Brockette, Jr., Fort Worth; Marlin L. Brockette, superintendent of schools at Hillsboro; three daughters, Mrs. D. W. Barnett, teacher in Bowie school, Corsicana; Mrs. William Cruise, Washington, D.C.; Mrs. James Cowan, Killeen; a brother, C. J. Brockette, Grandview; two sister, Mrs. Will Draper, Cookville, Tenn.; Mrs. C. O. Jones, Cleveland, Tenn.; and 17 grandchildren.
Nephews will be pallbearers.
McCormick Funeral Service will be in charge of arrangements.
The Corsicana Daily Sun - Thursday, October 25, 1956
Son of Merlin Brockette & Tabitha (Kemp) Brockette.
Claude Tuttle Brockette, Rev.
Jan 18, 1876 - Oct 25, 1956
Blooming Grove
Rites Friday For Rev.C.T. Brockette
BLOOMING GROVE, Oct. 25—(Spl)—Funeral services will be held Friday at 3 p.m. for the Rev. Claude T. Brockette, 80, retired Methodist minister, who died at this home in Hillsboro Thursday.
The services will be held from the First Methodist Church at Blooming Grove with burial in Rose Hill cemetery. The Rev. Roy Davis,
Pastor of the church, and the Rev. Bruce Weaver, pastor of the Hillsboro Methodist Church, will conduct the rites.
A native of Tennessee, the Rev. Mr. Brockett came to Texas at the age of 18. He was ordained a minister in 1908 and retired in 1942.
He had held pastorates at many churches in the central Texas conference the last being at Blooming Grove where he resided until 1954.
Survivors include his wife, Hillsboro; two sons, C. T. Brockette, Jr., Fort Worth; Marlin L. Brockette, superintendent of schools at Hillsboro; three daughters, Mrs. D. W. Barnett, teacher in Bowie school, Corsicana; Mrs. William Cruise, Washington, D.C.; Mrs. James Cowan, Killeen; a brother, C. J. Brockette, Grandview; two sister, Mrs. Will Draper, Cookville, Tenn.; Mrs. C. O. Jones, Cleveland, Tenn.; and 17 grandchildren.
Nephews will be pallbearers.
McCormick Funeral Service will be in charge of arrangements.
The Corsicana Daily Sun - Thursday, October 25, 1956
Gravesite Details
The family placed a medallion stating that the was a circuit rider preacher.
Family Members
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Bettie Brownlow Brockett Alexander
1856–1933
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Newton L. Brockette
1858–1946
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Harvie H Brockett
1859–1929
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William Carroll Brockett
1863–1946
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Cyrous Jefferson Brockette
1863–1961
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Lucy Josephine Brockett Cornwell Pierce
1869–1955
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Joe Edmond Brockette
1871–1940
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Myrtle Brockette Draper
1873–1964
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George W Brockett
1878–1902
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Margaret Ives "Maggie" Brockett Jones
1882–1966
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