Roslyn Houston Brookshire

Roslyn Houston Brookshire CHARLOTTE - Roslyn Edwina Houston Brookshire (Punkin), after 71 mostly wonderful years, died June 7th, 2013, of brain cancer while surrounded by her family at home. Punkin was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on April 9, 1942, the daughter of the late William James Houston and Edwina Lamar Ison. She graduated from The Westminster Schools in Atlanta, GA, attended Hollins College in Roanoke, VA, and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1964 with a B.A. in English. While in Chapel Hill, she was an officer of the Graham Memorial Student Activities Board, a sister of Pi Beta Phi sorority and a member of the 1963 Homecoming and Yack Courts. She lived and worked in Atlanta until marrying Stan Brookshire in 1983 when she moved to Charlotte with her children. Mrs. Brookshire served the Mecklenburg community as a board member and officer of the Southern Piedmont Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association and as a founding board member of The Regional AIDS Interfaith Network (RAIN) and as a care partner for persons living with AIDS. She was a founding and devoted member of the Burning Loins Book Club. In addition, she was a member of The Nourish and Flourish and Mille Fleurs Garden Clubs and the German Club. Punkin was an active member of the Myers Park Presbyterian Church where she served as a Deacon, member of the AIDS Task Force and the first Regional Aids Interfaith Network caregiving team. Whether on the beaches of Kiawah or the mountains of Blowing Rock, Punkin found immeasurable joy spending time with her friends and family and, in particular, her six grandchildren. Mrs. Brookshire is survived by her husband, Stanford Raynold Brookshire, Jr.; two daughters and their husbands, Roslyn Moore Jaegers (Eric) of Charlotte, NC, Lisa Moore Frierson (Joseph, III ) of Athens, GA, and step-daughter Kathryn Brookshire Brown and her husband (Denis, IV) of Salt Lake City, UT; one sister, Barbara Houston Womack (Kenneth) of Marietta, GA; brother-in-law, George Edward Patton, Sr. of Lilburn, GA; sister-in-law Carolyn Brookshire Sachsenmaier; one niece and one nephew; and six grandchildren, Lucy, Joseph and Jane Frierson, Jack Jaegers, Harriet and Wyly Brown. Her sister, Nancy Houston Patton, and her step-son, Stanford Raynold Brookshire III, preceded her in death. A celebration of Punkin's life will be held on Tuesday, June 11, 2013, at 11:00 a.m. at Myers Park Presbyterian Church, 2501 Oxford Place, Charlotte, NC. The family will receive friends at the church following the service. In lieu of flowers, the family respectfully requests donations to CCARE for Lynch Syndrome, 127 W. Oak St., Unit C, Chicago, IL 60610-5422 or the American Red Cross, PO Box 75156, Washington, DC 20013.