Christine Bruton (nee: McNeill), a native of Hoke County and wife of Robert E. Bruton, a retired Florida educator who predeceased her, passed away at Lynchburg General Hospital in Lynchburg, Virginia, on Thursday, September 10, 2015. She was 92.
She was born in Raeford, N.C. in 1923. She married Robert during WWII. After the war, they settled in Brevard County, Florida. She lived a long and full life as a wife, mother, friend, leader, Bible teacher, newspaper columnist and feature writer, but she was ready and eager for her next step.
Survivors are: children, John Timmons Bruton and wife Carol of Merritt Island and children John, Amy and Beth; Christine Bruton Hickson and husband Maurice of Forest, Virginia and their daughters Kaitlyn and Kasey; Thomas Eugene Bruton and wife Diana of Palm City, Florida, and their sons Robert and Nathaniel.
A memorial service and interment will be at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, on Tuesday, Dec 15, 2015, at 1pm in the Old Post Chapel. Family and friends can find more info at: http://www.diuguidfuneralservice.com/obituaries/Christine-Bruton/#!/Obituary. Donations may be made in her memory to the Robert E. Bruton Education Scholarship Fund at Merritt Island High
She was born in Raeford, N.C. in 1923. She married Robert during WWII. After the war, they settled in Brevard County, Florida. She lived a long and full life as a wife, mother, friend, leader, Bible teacher, newspaper columnist and feature writer, but she was ready and eager for her next step.
Survivors are: children, John Timmons Bruton and wife Carol of Merritt Island and children John, Amy and Beth; Christine Bruton Hickson and husband Maurice of Forest, Virginia and their daughters Kaitlyn and Kasey; Thomas Eugene Bruton and wife Diana of Palm City, Florida, and their sons Robert and Nathaniel.
A memorial service and interment will be at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, on Tuesday, Dec 15, 2015, at 1pm in the Old Post Chapel. Family and friends can find more info at: http://www.diuguidfuneralservice.com/obituaries/Christine-Bruton/#!/Obituary. Donations may be made in her memory to the Robert E. Bruton Education Scholarship Fund at Merritt Island High