CHARLES LELAND GALBREATH
Memorial services for Charles Leland Galbreath, 89, of Gainesville are set for 10 a.m., Saturday, July 30, 2011 at the Geo. J. Carroll & Son Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Hollis Parsons officiating.
Burial will be held at 12:30 p.m., Tuesday, August 2, 2011 in the DFW National Cemetery in Dallas under the direction of Geo. J. Carroll & Son Funeral Home.
Mr. Galbreath died July 27, 2011 in Corinth.
Charles was born on Jan. 15, 1922 in Chanute, Kan., to Charles E. and Bertha Faulkner Galbreath.
He graduated from Chanute Junior College and Kansas University. He served in the Naval Air Corps from July 1941 until November 1945.
He was a dive bomber pilot aboard the carrier U.S.S. Randolph, CV-15, in Air Group 12, which participated in major battle areas of Iwo Jima and Okinawa in Japan. He was a sales engineer employed by National Supply/AK Steel for thirty years.
Mr. Galbreath is survived by his wife, Eleanor Galbreath; four children, Karen Forsythe, Nancy Galbreath, Charles (Chad) Galbreath, and Thomas Galbreath; nine grandchildren, Lauren Turner, Lindsay Pate, Cameron Forsythe, Maddie Brammer, Charles (Chase) Galbreath, Carli Galbreath, Jameson Galbreath, Jill Galbreath, and Nicholas Galbreath; two great-grandchildren, Layton Turner and Marlow Turner; a niece and nephew, Vicki Yowan and Michael Neu.
Charles was preceded in death by his parents; his brother, Glen Galbreath; his sister, Loreene Kouk; and a granddaughter, Kate Galbreath.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Lung Association, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Suite 800, Washington, DC 20004; Disabled Veterans National Foundation, 1634 "Eye" St., Suite 750, Washington, DC 20006, or to a charity of your choice.
The Gainesville Daily Register, Friday, July 29, 2011
Memorial services for Charles Leland Galbreath, 89, of Gainesville are set for 10 a.m., Saturday, July 30, 2011 at the Geo. J. Carroll & Son Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Hollis Parsons officiating.
Burial will be held at 12:30 p.m., Tuesday, August 2, 2011 in the DFW National Cemetery in Dallas under the direction of Geo. J. Carroll & Son Funeral Home.
Mr. Galbreath died July 27, 2011 in Corinth.
Charles was born on Jan. 15, 1922 in Chanute, Kan., to Charles E. and Bertha Faulkner Galbreath.
He graduated from Chanute Junior College and Kansas University. He served in the Naval Air Corps from July 1941 until November 1945.
He was a dive bomber pilot aboard the carrier U.S.S. Randolph, CV-15, in Air Group 12, which participated in major battle areas of Iwo Jima and Okinawa in Japan. He was a sales engineer employed by National Supply/AK Steel for thirty years.
Mr. Galbreath is survived by his wife, Eleanor Galbreath; four children, Karen Forsythe, Nancy Galbreath, Charles (Chad) Galbreath, and Thomas Galbreath; nine grandchildren, Lauren Turner, Lindsay Pate, Cameron Forsythe, Maddie Brammer, Charles (Chase) Galbreath, Carli Galbreath, Jameson Galbreath, Jill Galbreath, and Nicholas Galbreath; two great-grandchildren, Layton Turner and Marlow Turner; a niece and nephew, Vicki Yowan and Michael Neu.
Charles was preceded in death by his parents; his brother, Glen Galbreath; his sister, Loreene Kouk; and a granddaughter, Kate Galbreath.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Lung Association, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Suite 800, Washington, DC 20004; Disabled Veterans National Foundation, 1634 "Eye" St., Suite 750, Washington, DC 20006, or to a charity of your choice.
The Gainesville Daily Register, Friday, July 29, 2011
CHARLES LELAND GALBREATH
Memorial services for Charles Leland Galbreath, 89, of Gainesville are set for 10 a.m., Saturday, July 30, 2011 at the Geo. J. Carroll & Son Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Hollis Parsons officiating.
Burial will be held at 12:30 p.m., Tuesday, August 2, 2011 in the DFW National Cemetery in Dallas under the direction of Geo. J. Carroll & Son Funeral Home.
Mr. Galbreath died July 27, 2011 in Corinth.
Charles was born on Jan. 15, 1922 in Chanute, Kan., to Charles E. and Bertha Faulkner Galbreath.
He graduated from Chanute Junior College and Kansas University. He served in the Naval Air Corps from July 1941 until November 1945.
He was a dive bomber pilot aboard the carrier U.S.S. Randolph, CV-15, in Air Group 12, which participated in major battle areas of Iwo Jima and Okinawa in Japan. He was a sales engineer employed by National Supply/AK Steel for thirty years.
Mr. Galbreath is survived by his wife, Eleanor Galbreath; four children, Karen Forsythe, Nancy Galbreath, Charles (Chad) Galbreath, and Thomas Galbreath; nine grandchildren, Lauren Turner, Lindsay Pate, Cameron Forsythe, Maddie Brammer, Charles (Chase) Galbreath, Carli Galbreath, Jameson Galbreath, Jill Galbreath, and Nicholas Galbreath; two great-grandchildren, Layton Turner and Marlow Turner; a niece and nephew, Vicki Yowan and Michael Neu.
Charles was preceded in death by his parents; his brother, Glen Galbreath; his sister, Loreene Kouk; and a granddaughter, Kate Galbreath.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Lung Association, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Suite 800, Washington, DC 20004; Disabled Veterans National Foundation, 1634 "Eye" St., Suite 750, Washington, DC 20006, or to a charity of your choice.
The Gainesville Daily Register, Friday, July 29, 2011
Memorial services for Charles Leland Galbreath, 89, of Gainesville are set for 10 a.m., Saturday, July 30, 2011 at the Geo. J. Carroll & Son Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Hollis Parsons officiating.
Burial will be held at 12:30 p.m., Tuesday, August 2, 2011 in the DFW National Cemetery in Dallas under the direction of Geo. J. Carroll & Son Funeral Home.
Mr. Galbreath died July 27, 2011 in Corinth.
Charles was born on Jan. 15, 1922 in Chanute, Kan., to Charles E. and Bertha Faulkner Galbreath.
He graduated from Chanute Junior College and Kansas University. He served in the Naval Air Corps from July 1941 until November 1945.
He was a dive bomber pilot aboard the carrier U.S.S. Randolph, CV-15, in Air Group 12, which participated in major battle areas of Iwo Jima and Okinawa in Japan. He was a sales engineer employed by National Supply/AK Steel for thirty years.
Mr. Galbreath is survived by his wife, Eleanor Galbreath; four children, Karen Forsythe, Nancy Galbreath, Charles (Chad) Galbreath, and Thomas Galbreath; nine grandchildren, Lauren Turner, Lindsay Pate, Cameron Forsythe, Maddie Brammer, Charles (Chase) Galbreath, Carli Galbreath, Jameson Galbreath, Jill Galbreath, and Nicholas Galbreath; two great-grandchildren, Layton Turner and Marlow Turner; a niece and nephew, Vicki Yowan and Michael Neu.
Charles was preceded in death by his parents; his brother, Glen Galbreath; his sister, Loreene Kouk; and a granddaughter, Kate Galbreath.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Lung Association, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Suite 800, Washington, DC 20004; Disabled Veterans National Foundation, 1634 "Eye" St., Suite 750, Washington, DC 20006, or to a charity of your choice.
The Gainesville Daily Register, Friday, July 29, 2011
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