Dr. Thomas Jefferson Brothers

Birmingham - A memorial service for Dr. Thomas Jefferson Brothers, 85, of Birmingham, formerly of Anniston, will be Sunday, May 15, 2011, at 3 p.m. at Parker Memorial Baptist Church with Dr. Mack Amis officiating. The family will receive friends for one hour prior to the service at the church. Dr. Brothers passed away on Tuesday, April 26, 2011, at UAB Hospital. Dr. Brothers was a native of Calhoun County. He served in the Merchant Marines during World War II and in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War. He was a respected physician in the Anniston area for many years, and was a member of Parker Memorial Baptist Church. Dr. Brothers is preceded in death by his parents, Thomas Jefferson and Willa Brothers; and a daughter, Mary Ann Brothers Sparks. Survivors include his wife, Joan Parks Brothers; daughters, Sara Knight, Jan Proulx and her husband, Mike, Sabre Whitt and her husband, Jay, Charlotte Dobbs and her husband, Rick, and Mary Jean Myers and her husband, Bill; sons, Jeff Brothers and his wife, Brenda, Hugh Brothers, Jack Landham and Bill Brothers; and fourteen grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, the Brothers family respectfully requests that donations are made to Parker Memorial Baptist Church, 1205 Quintard Avenue, Anniston AL 36207; or to the League for Animal Welfare, P.O. Box 2516, Anniston, AL 36202. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.klbrownmemorychapel.com. K.L. Brown Memory Chapel 620 Golden Springs Road Anniston, AL 36207 256.231.2334