JOSEPH EUBANK

JOSEPH BROOCKE EUBANK Joseph Broocke Eubank, 89, of Brownwood died peacefully in the early morning of August 9, 2023. Funeral services for Joseph were scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday, August 12, 2023, at Blaylock Funeral Home Chapel with Father Michael Mobley officiating. Pallbearers were David Broocke Jolliff, Robert Bransford Jolliff, Jesse Hayes Rawls and Brooke Bailey Jolliff. Burial followed at Greenleaf Cemetery in Brownwood. The family received friends from 6 - 8 p.m. Friday evening, August 11, 2023 at the funeral home. Joseph was born in Yantai (Chefoo) China on January 19, 1934, to Bransford and Martha Fenn Eubank while on Presbyterian missionary work. He was raised in Brownwood where he often played organ for church services and assisted his father at the family's ranch. He graduated salutatorian from Brownwood High School in 1951, attended Park College (now University) in Kansas and earned his doctorate in electrical engineering at the University of Kansas. After a few years of professorship at University of Texas in Arlington he pursued his true calling and passion; tuning, repairing and building pipe organs for churches and individual clients. In between jobs he enjoyed road trips, overseas travel, home improvement and pursuit of knowledge. He lived in Austin from 1977 to 2019, then relocated to his hometown where he lived a quiet life on Lake Brownwood reading, listening to talk radio and enjoying occasional visits from friends and family members. Joseph Broocke is preceded in death by his parents, his aunt Mabel Eubank, aunt Lydia Eubank and brother-in-law James Walter Jolliff. He is survived by his sister Anne Willson Eubank Jolliff of Waco, nephew David Broocke Jolliff (wife Kerri Michelle "Missy" Bullard, daughter Brooke Bailey) of Waco, nephew Robert Bransford Jolliff (wife Michelle Lynn Myers, daughters Emily Anne and Rebecca Marie) of Troy, niece Jennifer Anne Jolliff (husband Ian Moore, son Springer) of Anchorage, Alaska, sister-in-law Nancy Lynn Reed (spouse Kim Hodges) of Boulder, Colo., brother-in-law John David Reed (wife Pamela Pohlman) of Stockport, Ohio, brother-in-law James Mitchell Reed (wife Lynette Fitch) of Salado, Texas, other distant relatives and his life partner of 40 years, David Llewellyn Reed of Brownwood. Special thanks to Brownwood's emergency medical workers, Hendrick Medical Centers of Brownwood and Abilene, the staff at Pecan Bayou Nursing and Rehabilitation, Brownwood Nursing and Rehabilitation, and Alpha Omega Hospice. In lieu of flowers, donations to Lake Brownwood Volunteer Fire Department will be greatly appreciated.