OTHA BROOME
AIRCRAFT MECHANIC
GSW DAL DFW


Otha L. Broome started to work for Central Airlines on Jan 4, 1954
as a mechanic in GSW & also worked at DAL and DFW.
(Ken sent the obituary & pic too)
-Ken Schultz
(6/19/05)

Otha L. Broome  	 	
1922 - 2005
Otha L. Broome, 82, a retired aircraft mechanic, died Sunday, May 15, 2005 at home.
Funeral: 10 a.m. Thursday at Davis Boulevard Baptist Church, 5408 Davis Blvd., North Richland Hills. 
Burial: Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery. Visitation: 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Mid-Cities Funeral Home, 5706 Airport Freeway, Haltom City.
Memorials: Parkinson's research or Community Hospice of Texas, 6100 Western Place, Suite 500, Fort Worth, Texas 76107, in lieu of flowers.
Otha was born Nov. 30, 1922, in Henderson to the late Thomas Franklin and Evy Edna Cagle Broome. 
He was a World War II veteran and was a musician, songwriter and jack of all trades. He always put others before himself, especially his children.
In addition to his parents, Otha was preceded in death by three brothers, Grady, Terrance and Ralph Broome.
Survivors: Wife, Ruby Broome; children, Delores Hatcher, David R. Broome, Thomas A. Broome and wife, Sheryl, 
Bobby Broome, Teresa Hatton and husband, Robert, and Brenda Steyvesant and husband, Eric; 
brother, Edwin T. Broome and wife, Hazel; sister, Mary Juanita Smith; 17 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
Published in the Star-Telegram on 5/17/2005. 
Guestbook at http://www.legacy.com/dfw/Guestbook.asp?Page=Entry&PersonID=3547692

It was a privilege to have worked with Mr. Broome at Central and Frontier airlines. 
He was a good man and good mechanic. Please accept my sympathy in your loss.
(From the online guestbook)
-Jim Bullington, Hurst TX
(5/18/05)