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Wilbur Eugene BriscoePassing: September 26, 2014

Service:

Chastain Funeral Home

Funeral Service

Monday, September 29th @ 10:30 am

Visitation:

Chastain Funeral Home

Sunday, September 28th @ 2:00-6:00 pm

Monday, September 29th @ 9:30-10:30 am

Cemetery:

Mitchell Cemetery

Monday, Septemer 29th
Wilbur Eugene Briscoe

MITCHELL — Wilbur Eugene Briscoe, 91, passed away at 12:35 a.m. Friday, September 26, 2014, at Mitchell Manor Living and Rehabilitation Center.

Born February 1, 1923, in Mitchell, he was the son of Ora Virgil and Hopal Vera (Matthew) Briscoe.

Wilbur was employed 43 years and nine months at Carpenter Body Works and 20 years at Chastain Funeral Home.  He was an usher and long time member of the Jacob Finger United Methodist Church, and a member of the Mitchell Senior Citizens.

Surviving:      brothers, Louis “Doodle” Briscoe, Bedford
                                   Robert (June) Briscoe, Bloomington
                                   Leroy (Shirley) Briscoe, Mitchell
                                   Richard (Charlotte) Briscoe, Mitchell
                                   Basil (Karen) Briscoe, Mitchell
                         sister, Bonnie Duncan, Bedford
                                   several nieces and nephews

His daughter, Regina Ann Briscoe; and brothers, James Briscoe and Walter “Bus” Briscoe; and sisters, Frances Briscoe, Fern Watson, and Ruby Smith, preceded him in death.

Funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, September 29, in the Memorial Chapel of Chastain Funeral Home & Cremation Center with Rev. Eric Kersey officiating.  Burial will be in Mitchell Cemetery.

Friends may call from 2:00-6:00 p.m. Sunday and from 9:30 a.m. until the service on Monday at the funeral home.

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8 Guest Comments

  1. Guest: Paul & Kathy Stroud | Mitchell, IN.
    Date: October 1, 2014
    Our thoughts and prayers are with all the families...God Bless!
  2. Guest: Bob Plew | Shelbyville, IN461762243
    Date: October 1, 2014
    To alll the Briscoe's, I am sorry for your loss. Wib was a good friend. I know He will be missed. Bob Plew
  3. Guest: Shaunta Cornwell Dunbar | FortHoodTX
    Date: September 29, 2014
    He was a great man. His smile could make you smile, even during the worst of times. Thoughts and prayers for you all.
  4. Guest: Keith Eckensberger | CameronParkCA
    Date: September 28, 2014
    So sorry for your loss. He was a really a good guy and one of the best Carpenter employees.We worked together solving seating problems almost daily for many years at Carpenter. He always had a great smile no matter how difficult the problem. I meet his Mom and Dad when I was a little boy. God Bless. Keith Eckensberger
  5. Guest: Janice & Riok Ramey | Mitchell, In47446
    Date: September 28, 2014
    Wib was a great friend of the Matthew family. We all loved him. He was always so nice, funny, and kind. Wib always kidded me about wanting to take my shoes off to get int0 the water at Niagara Falls when I was 2. We all traveled to Miami,, Florida when I was six and my sister was 3, Wib and my dad were supposed to be watching Kathy but when the ladies finished shopping, Kathy was nowhere to be found. Man alive my dad and Wib were in the doghouse for a long while. We did locate Kathy at the nearest police station. Those were the good old times when things like that had happy endings. Our sympathy to the family and we will always remember Wib with Love The blessing is that he is now with his daughter who was his pride and joy. .
  6. Guest: Glenda Reynolds | Bedford, IN
    Date: September 27, 2014
    We are very sorry for your loss. You're in our thoughts and prayers. The Gail Reynolds family.
  7. Guest: Jeffery Scott | Seattle, WA
    Date: September 26, 2014
    My condolences to the Briscoe family, Uncle Wilber will be missed! I have many memories as a child at the Briscoe reunions of all us laughing and enjoying family. My thoughts and Prayers are with you all. Jeffery
  8. Guest: Lisa Apple Beasley | Orleans, IN
    Date: September 26, 2014
    To the Briscoe family, so sorry for the loss of Wilbur. Regina and I were good friends in high school, and he was always so nice to me and treated me just like family whenever I spent the night at their house. He was definately a great man. My thoughts and prayers are with you all during this time of loss.

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