Funeral services for Mr. James Frank Brotherton, were Friday, May 15th 2020, at Chapel Hill Funeral Home. Family received friends one hour prior to service. Burial followed at Anniston Memorial Gardens.

Jim passed away peacefully at his home in Jacksonville, Alabama surrounded by his wife Deborah and step-daughter Angela on May 11, 2020. Jim was born on the family farm at Cooper’s Falls, New York to Harold W. Brotherton and Grace McIntyre Brotherton. He attended school at DeKalb Junction, New York and was an active member in the local 4-H club, showing Holstein calves at the county fair in Gouverneur, New York. In 1955 at the age of seventeen, Jim enlisted in the Army where he served honorably for over twenty years.

While serving in the U.S. Army, Jim was responsible for many aspects associated with intelligence gathering and electronic warfare support. Immediately following his Army retirement, he continued to serve his country as a government employee in the areas of security and counterterrorism. Before his retirement, Jim functioned as a private contractor working on several government contracts.