Biography

Thomas Neville Alsobrook, son of Oma Parish Alsobrook and father of David Ernest Alsobrook, was born on September 14, 1920, in Eufaula, Alabama. He played football at Eufaula High School, and attended Perkinston Junior College on a football scholarship from 1940 to 1941. From 1941 to 1942 he attended the Gadsden School of Trades in Gadsden, Alabama, where he completed a Machinist Training Course sponsored by the National Youth Administration. In 1942, he moved to Mobile, Alabama, and on July 27 married Frances Joy Starnes (1919-2008). During World War II, he served with the U.S. Navy in Hawaii. Following his discharge in 1945, Thomas attended Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University) under the G.I. Bill and graduated with a bachelor's degree in Building Construction in August 1948. He worked for J.F. Pate Construction in Mobile from 1948 until his retirement in 1983. Thomas Alsobrook died September 29, 1996.

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