Charlie Brailsford is a part of US Black heritage.
Parents were Emma Oliver and Willie "Friendly" Brailsford.
US Air Force, Vietnam War
Sources
1950 Census: "1950 United States Federal Census" National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: St James, Clarendon, South Carolina; Roll: 3858; Page: 18; Enumeration District: 14-31 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62308 #42900928 Charlie Brailsford (10), single grandson, in household of Mary L Brailsford (76) in St James, Clarendon, South Carolina, USA. Born in South Carolina.
1999 Social Security: "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007" Original data: Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007 Ancestry Record 60901 #44726662 Name: Charlie Benjamin Brailsford [C Brails]; Gender: Male; Race: Black; Birth Date: 8 Apr 1940; Birth Place: Summerton Cl, South Carolina; Death Date: Oct 1999; Father: Willie F Brailsford; Mother: Emma J Oliver; Death Certificate Number: 247871; Notes: May 1958: Name listed as CHARLIE BENJAMIN BRAILSFORD; 02 Dec 1999: Name listed as C BRAILS.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187743987/charlie_benjamin-brailsford: accessed March 27, 2024), memorial page for Charlie Benjamin Brailsford (8 Apr 1940–8 Oct 1999), Find a Grave Memorial ID 187743987, citing Liberty Hill AME Church Cemetery, Summerton, Clarendon County, South Carolina, USA; Maintained by Carolina Cotton (contributor 48759981).