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Homer Holbrooks Obituary
Homer was born March 23, 1948, in the Burningtown Community of Macon County, at home to the late John Terrell "Jack" Holbrooks Jr. and Hetty Josephine Welch Holbrooks.
Homer served as sheriff of Macon County for 16 years from 1986-2002. He worked at the A&P grocery store for 18 years. He was a graduate of Franklin High School class of 1966 where he was voted most athletic and was inducted into the Franklin High School Hall of Fame in 2020. He was a founding member of the Macon County Coon Club where he loved coon hunting. Homer was also a founding member of the Burningtown Fire Department and a member of Burningtown Baptist Church.
Homer had a loving servant's heart and had a great love for people, especially children. He also enjoyed pulling good jokes and scaring people. Homer loved old cars and going to the Rod Run in Tennessee for 26 years. He enjoyed buck dancing and music with his favorite being gospel and bluegrass. Homer loved gardening, riding in the woods to his cabin and going fishing in the shallowfords on Needmore. Homer had a great love for Macon County, his country, family, but most of all his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Survivors include his wife, Teresa Vinson Holbrooks; children, Eric (Tammy), April (Tracy) and Brent (Sarah); grandkids, Kendra (Dillon), Trey (Karly), Hope, Tye (Reagan), Adrianne, Jack, Knox, Saylor and Tripp; and great-grandchildren, Adam, Rip, Ranen, Lainey, Kade and Wilhelmine.
A funeral service was held at 1 p.m., Friday, Sept. 5, at Prentiss Church of God. Reverends Don Moffitt, Phillip Cochran and Branndon Crone officiated. A private burial followed at Burningtown Baptist Church Cemetery. The family received friends from 6 to 8 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 4, at the Prentiss Church of God.
Pallbearers were his sons and grandsons. Honorary pallbearers were all law enforcement officers and personal friends that helped during his illness.
Online condolences can be left at bryantgrantfuneralhome.com. Bryant-Grant Funeral Home & Crematory is honored to serve the Holbrooks family.
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