Robert Brotherton

Robert Edward Brotherton, 70, of Senath, Mo., died Friday, Sept. 30, 2005, at Senath Nursing Center.

Born Sept. 23, 1935, in Senath, son of the late Robert Monroe Brotherton and Annie Mae Evans, he was a U.S. veteran and a farmer.

On Oct. 11, 1969, in Senath, he married Dorothy McClish, who survives.

Survivors also include one son, Robert Joe Brotherton, of Senath; three daughters, Angela Lewis, of Wappapello, Mo., Loretta Brotherton, of Leachville, Ark., and Marilyn Long, of Senath; one brother, James Alva Brotherton, of Marble Hill, Mo.; two sisters, Sharon Lindsey and Doris Faye George, both of Kennett and 10 grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by one brother, Everett Earl Brotherton.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 2, at the Bradshaw Funeral Home Chapel in Kennett.

Burial was in the McGrew Cemetery at Senath.