POW Pvt. Frank Brooks Set To Come Home Thursday: Local Programs To Follow

Graveside Service Set For Sunday, 11AM

Darren Doyle, story:
Prisoner of War and local WWII hero Private First Class Thomas Franklin "Frank" Brooks is scheduled to be brought home to Edmonson County on Thursday, September 28th.

According to Patton Funeral Home, his remains will transferred from the U.S. Army to Patton Funeral Home and family members at the Louisville International Airport at 5:35PM, eastern time.

A processional will follow from the airport on 31W to Elizabethtown, then I-65 to the Park City exit. The processional will then travel through Mammoth Cave National Park on HWY 70, then onto Main Street in Brownsville. Travel will then continue around the square at approximately 6PM where all citizens are encouraged to gather to wave American flags and yellow ribbons in his honor.

He will be then taken to Patton Funeral Home until the next morning, Friday, September 29th. The funeral home will transport him to Kyrock Elementary for a short ceremony of honor outside at 8:45AM. The procession will then travel to Edmonson County High School as students from ECHS, the middle school, and the 5/6 Center will combine for an approximate 30-minute program in the gymnasium with guest speakers at approx 9:30AM.

All local officials, veterans, and the public are invited to attend the ceremony at ECHS, but they must check in with school officials upon arrival at the gym.

Upon completion of the ECHS ceremony, the procession will then travel to South Edmonson Elementary for a similar ceremony to that of Kyrock's.

There is no public visitation scheduled at the funeral home.

On Sunday, the funeral procession will depart from Patton Funeral Home at 10AM and travel to Hill Grove Missionary Baptist Church, located on Dickey's Mill Road, for a graveside memorial service at 11AM.