The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Thursday, April 11, 1996               TAG: 9604110269
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B5   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: HERMLEIGH, TEXAS                   LENGTH: Short :   27 lines

ROBERT P. BRINKLEY JR.

Robert P. Brinkley Jr., 48, died April 7, 1996, at Cogdell Memorial Hospital in Snyder, Texas.

Mr. Brinkley was born in Portsmouth, Aug. 12, 1947. He married Terry Moore on April 4, 1970. He attended Sunset Bible Institute and was the Minister at the Hermleigh Church of Christ.

Survivors include his wife; a son, Jason Matthew, of Reese Air Force Base; two daughters, Jennifer Ann Moss of Abilene, Texas, and Jana Brinkley of Hermleigh; a brother, Ronald Eugene Brinkley; two sisters, Brenda Landers and Judith Crafton, both of Portsmouth; and a grandson, Connor Robert Brinkley.

A memorial service will be held today at 2 p.m. in Shallowater Church of Christ, Cliff Rogers and Norman Gibson officiating. Burial will be in Resthaven Memorial Park, Resthaven Funeral Home.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

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