Ira "Clyde" Holbrook 1933 - 2016 North Carolina - Delaware

Ira "Clyde" Holbrook
BIRTH
2 Aug 1933
Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
DEATH
27 Oct 2016 (aged 83)
Newark, New Castle County, Delaware, USA
BURIAL
Rosebank Cemetery
Calvert, Cecil County, Maryland, USA
MEMORIAL ID
171896530 · View Source
MEMORIAL
PHOTOS 3
FLOWERS 1
Born in North Carolina on August 02, 1933, he was the son of the late Johnny Calloway Holbrook and Flossie(Casey) Holbrook.
Prior to his retirement, Mr. Holbrook worked as a spray painter,6 years at General Motors and 34 years for Chrysler Assembly in Newark,Delaware.
He enjoyed watching NASCAR, especially his favorite driver, Mark Martin. He also enjoyed listening to bluegrass music, working on cars, wrestling and his frequent trips to see everyone at McDonald's on Belle Hill Road. Clyde spent a lifetime being a master mechanic and helping others with his talents. Most of all, he loved his family and enjoyed his grandchildren and great grandchildren. Prior to his illness; he helped with the food missions at Baldwin UMC for many years.

He was also preceded in death by two sisters: Muriel Agnes Stout and Mazie Fay Cambell; and by brothers; Carl Holbrook, Johnnie Claude Holbrook and Lundy Brownlow
(Bee) Holbrook.

He is survived by his wife of 59 years Shirley Dunsmore Holbrook,his children; Bonnie Sue Nagle of Rising Sun,MD., Patricia M. Burnell(Luis) of Elkton,Md., Ira Clyde Holbrook,Jr.(Cyndi)of North East, Md., and Belinda J. Holbrook ;his brother Mack A. Holbrook (Bev) of Colora, Md ; his twin brother and sister, Bobby James Holbrook (Rita)of Elkin, North Carolina and Barbara Jean"Sister" Sellers(Michael)of Thurmond,North Carolina.
Crouch Funeral Home,P.A. 127 S. Main Street,North East, Maryland is serving the Holbrook family.
Interment will follow in Rose Bank Cemetery, Rising Sun,Maryland.

Family Members
Parents

John Calloway Holbrook
1902–1981


Flossie Casey Holbrook
1904–1979

Spouse

Shirley Holbrook
1939–2016 (m. 1957)

Siblings

Carl Clinton Holbrook
1922–1944


Johnnie Claude Holbrook
1924–1995


Lundy Brownlow Holbrook
1927–1994


Pansy Holbrook Waddell
1929–2016


Mazie Fay Holbrook Campbell
1936–2010


Muriel Agnes Stout
1938–1997


Bobby James Holbrook
1946–2021