Charles Leroy Brickell (1921 - 1998)

Born 13 Feb 1921 in Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States

Died 21 Dec 1998 at age 77 in Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Charles was born in 1921. He passed away in 1998.

Obituary

Son of James Franklin & Florence (Hutsell) Brickell.

Married Marian Nelson Weller, who was Miss Chattanooga and Miss Tennessee in 1944. 4 children.

Served in the Navy during WWII (Pacific Theater) and Korea. National soloist for the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Sang with the Chattanooga Opera, Horn of the West in Boone, NC, and The Stephen Foster Story, Bardstown, Ky. Baseball and Basketball coach at Birchwood High School, where he taught.

Obituary: Chattanooga Free Press, 23 Dec 1998, A8:1-2

Sources

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SP44-SG2 : accessed 15 March 2022), Charles L Brickell in household of James F Brickell, Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 47, sheet 36A, line 14, family 763, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2252; FHL microfilm 2,341,986.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80833135/charles-leroy-brickell : accessed 04 January 2022), memorial page for Charles Leroy Brickell (13 Feb 1921–21 Dec 1998), Find a Grave Memorial ID 80833135, citing Lakewood Memory Gardens East, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Janine Waits (contributor 47006092) .