Bobby Brashears, Jr.

Robert Lee “Bobby” Brashears, Jr., 73, of Swansboro, NC, passed away Saturday, April 2, 2016, at home surrounded by his family.

Bobby served six and a half years in the Army; was an electronics technician for the National Weather Service; spent four years as the chairman of Relay for Life of Carteret County; was a past master of the Virginia Masonic Lodge; and a Shriner with the Scottish Rite Bodies.

He is survived by his wife, Janet Brashears of the home; daughter, Janet Elaine Gottuse and husband Domenick of Swansboro; son; Robert Brashears III of Kansas City, MO; granddaughter, Zoë Louise Brashears of Kansas City, MO; and numerous cousins.  He was preceded in death by his parents, Robert Lee Brashears, Sr., and Doris Elaine Russell Brashears, formerly of the Eastern Shore of Virginia.

A graveside memorial service will be held at the Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Onancock, Va., Thursday, July 21, 2016 at 11:00 a.m., with The Reverend Berkley Ford officiating.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 22478, Oklahoma City, OK  73123, or any Carteret County or Eastern Shore of Virginia Relay for Life team.

Memory tributes may be shared with the family at www.williamsfuneralhomes.com.

Arrangements by the Williams-Onancock Funeral Home.