Eric D. McBroom

Eric Dunbar McBroom was born on July 21, 1979, to Martha Pettyjohn McBroom and Kenneth Terry McBroom. He passed away on September 1, 2010 at the age of 31 years. Eric grew up around the Columbia and Melcher-Dallas area. He went to school in Knoxville and graduated from Melcher-Dallas in 1997. He was blessed with three children: Mercedes, age 6, Dakota age 4, and Braxton 6 months. Eric worked at Wal Mart in Knoxville for 10 years. He enjoyed being with family, going fishing, all animals, and had a great sense of humor. Most of all he loved his children. He was preceded in death by grandparents, John and Audrey Pettyjohn. He will be missed by his children: Mercedes, Dakota, and Braxton; his parents: Terry and Martha McBroom; siblings: Jason (Jackie) McBroom and Elizabeth (Thomas) Bates; grandparents: Kenneth and Shirley McBroom; and many aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends. In lieu of flowers memorials to the family.