Funeral: 10:30 a.m. Monday at Shannon Rufe Snow Funeral Chapel. Interment: 1 p.m. Monday in Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery. Visitation: The family will receive friends 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Charles was born in 1938 in Lansing, Mich., where he lived until his mother moved them to Dodge City, Kan., at the age of 3. He lived most of his youth in Spearville, Kan., where he attended Spearville High School. He joined the Air Force right out of High School. While stationed at James Connally Air Force Base in Waco, he met his future wife, Cynthia Summers, who was attending nursing school at Hillcrest Baptist Hospital. They married in 1962 and soon after two sons were born.
Charles was preceded in death by his parents, Frances and Wayne Brumbaugh, and his brother, David Lee Brumbaugh.
Survivors: Wife, Cindy; sons, Michael Wayne Bessey and wife, LaWanda, and Thomas Scott Bessey and wife, Carla; grandsons, Michael Collin Bessey and Logan Daniel Bessey; brother, Bill Brumbaugh and wife, Marge; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Arrangements under the direction of Shannon Rufe Snow Drive Funeral Chapel, Fort Worth, TX.
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