Funeral for Brooks Ashcraft, 84, of Decatur will be Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017 at 2 p.m. at Ridout’s Brown-Service Funeral Home. Burial will be in East Lawrence Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from noon to 2 p.m. at the funeral home.
Mr. Ashcraft, who died Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017, was born April 21, 1933, in Palmetto, Alabama to Henry and Gladys Ashcraft. He served as an officer for the Decatur Police Department for 33 years attaining the rank of sergeant. He was preceded in death by his parents; brother, A.D. Ashcraft and niece, Treba Laine Ashcraft.
Survivors include one daughter, Sheila Rivers (David); grandchildren, Brooke Rusnak (Bret), Cass Rivers (Rena); great-grandchildren, Owen Rusnak, Hayden Rusnak, Carter Rivers; and godson, Eric Taylor.