Patricia Ann Boarman Brinkley
On December 2, 2020 Patricia Ann Boarman Brinkley passed away at the home of daughter, Jan Greene, in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Pat was born May 6, 1927 in Waukegan, Illinois to James Abel and Vernon Jackson Boarman. The family later moved to Johnson City, Tennessee and Pat graduated from Science Hill High School with honors in 1945. As a young woman Pat worked for Western Union Telegraphic Company in Johnson City where she met her future husband, Robert Brooks Brinkley. They were married on June 11, 1949 when she was 22 years old and Brooks was 42. Pat often spoke of the robin-egg blue suit she ...
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