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About Ernest Ralph Eiland Jr.:

Name: Ernest Ralph Eiland Jr
Birth Date: 18 Mar 1929
Death Date: 7 Mar 1998
Veteran Service Start Date: 7 Dec 1949
Veteran Service End Date: 6 Dec 1953
Rank: S SGT
Branch: US Air Force
Last known address: 10410 Veterans Memorial Drive Houston , Tx 77038
Interment Date: 11 Mar 1998
Cemetery: Houston National Cemetery
Buried At: Section K1 Site 864

About Shirley J. Bradford:

Shirley Briscoe Eiland, 66, of La Porte, passed away Jan. 19 at Colorado-Fayette Medical Center, in Weimar. She was born in Houston, Sept. 28, 1935, to Christopher Columbus and Imogene (Shields) Bradford.

She was preceded in death by her parents; first husband, Don Briscoe; second husband, Sonny Eiland; and brother, Christopher Columbus Bradford Jr. She is survived by sons and daugthers-in-law, Don and Tina Briscoe of La Porte and Doug and Gerry Briscoe of Virgin Islands; sisters, Nancy Leyendecker of Frelsburg, Lollie Hayden of Brookshire and Sue Fowler of League City; brother, Doug (Bubba) Bradford of Columbus; seven grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

Funeral services were conducted Jan. 21 at Henneke Funeral Home in Columbus with Deacon Bennie Holesovsky officiating. Interment followed in Cheetham Cemetery in Sheridan. Pallbearers were Donnie, Doug, Cory and Doug Briscoe Jr., Ryan Moffat, Doug Bradford and Derek Padgett. Colorado County Citizen, January 23, 2002