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Submitted: 8/31/11 • Approved: 1/31/20 • Last Updated: 2/3/20 • R582503-G0-S3
Nov 7, 1919 - Nov 27, 1997
Obituary-
PINE BLUFF COMMERCIAL
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1997
LITTLE ROCK-- Warren Davis Brainard, 78, of Little Rock, died November 27, 1997, at Little Rock.
He was born on November 7, 1919, at Lincoln, Nebraska, a son of the late Willis Nathaniel and Florence Davis Brainard.
He was a doctor of veterinary medicine. He attended Lincoln public schools,the University of Nebraska and Nebraska Wesleyan University. He was in the Naval Flight Training Program at Pensacola, Florida and graduated as a naval
aviator. He became a 2nd lieutenant in the Marine Corps in 1942. He was a pilot in a dive bomber squadron in the Pacific, sent with the First Marine Aircraft Wing. He was a participant in aerial combat in several campaigns from Guadalcanal and other air bases in the South Pacific.
He received his pre-medical training at Colorado A&M after his military service. He received his doctor of veterinary medicine from the University of Missouri, graduating in its first graduating class of veterinary medicine in 1950.
He was preceded in death by a sister, Lois Thomas.
Survivors include his wife, Frances Cain Brainard; three sons, Warren D. Brainard II
...ock and Meigs R. Brainard of Pine Bluff; a daughter, Beverly A. Winne of Pine Bluff; a brother, Owen W. Brainard of Elwood, Nebraska; a sister, Marion Brainard Smith of Sun City, Arizona; and 10 grandchildren.
Graveside services were held at 11 a.m. November 29, 1997, in Lake Village Cemetery at Lake Village with the Rev. Paul Hopwood officiating. Arrangements were handled by Steele Funeral Home at Lake Village and Griffin Leggett Healey & Roth at Little Rock.
Contributed on 8/31/11 by deltabelle55
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