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Joseph "Joe" Brusse III '71 July 7, 2017 9:36 AM updated: July 7, 2017 9:37 AM
Posted by Brownwood News | Jul 5, 2017
JOSEPH CLEVELAND BRUSSE III
Joseph Cleveland Brusse III, age 73, passed away on Saturday, July 1, 2017 in Birmingham, AL. He was born on August 20, 1943 in Brenham, TX to Joseph Cleveland Brusse Jr. and Frances Williams Brusse. Joe was a Texan through and through spending most of his years in central Texas.
He graduated from A&M Consolidated High School in College Station, attended Howard Payne University where he made lifelong friends, and was a proud graduate of Texas A&M University. Joe was a cowboy in the truest sense of the word. He loved raising and training cutting horses, riding and roping and the Texas Two-Step. He had a free and adventurous spirit a gentle soul and was always quick with a smile and a wink. Joe enjoyed being with family and most of all, his beloved Rebecca Hall and their poodle puppy Seamus of Wetumpka, AL. Joe was an active member of the First Baptist Church of Wetumpka and a member of the Wetumpka Lion’s Club.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother; David Lamar Brusse. He is survived by two brothers, Leslie Williams Brusse of Enterprise, AL and Claude James Brusse of Charleston, SC; his daughter, Jennifer Love Carlton of Ft. Worth, TX, three grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
A memorial service to celebrate Joe’s life will be conducted in Wetumpka, AL at a date to be determined. Joe will be buried with his grandparents in San Marcos, TX.
JOSEPH CLEVELAND BRUSSE III
Joseph Cleveland Brusse III, age 73, passed away on Saturday, July 1, 2017 in Birmingham, AL. He was born on August 20, 1943 in Brenham, TX to Joseph Cleveland Brusse Jr. and Frances Williams Brusse. Joe was a Texan through and through spending most of his years in central Texas.
He graduated from A&M Consolidated High School in College Station, attended Howard Payne University where he made lifelong friends, and was a proud graduate of Texas A&M University. Joe was a cowboy in the truest sense of the word. He loved raising and training cutting horses, riding and roping and the Texas Two-Step. He had a free and adventurous spirit a gentle soul and was always quick with a smile and a wink. Joe enjoyed being with family and most of all, his beloved Rebecca Hall and their poodle puppy Seamus of Wetumpka, AL. Joe was an active member of the First Baptist Church of Wetumpka and a member of the Wetumpka Lion’s Club.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother; David Lamar Brusse. He is survived by two brothers, Leslie Williams Brusse of Enterprise, AL and Claude James Brusse of Charleston, SC; his daughter, Jennifer Love Carlton of Ft. Worth, TX, three grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
A memorial service to celebrate Joe’s life will be conducted in Wetumpka, AL at a date to be determined. Joe will be buried with his grandparents in San Marcos, TX.
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