WINNSBORO — Graveside services with masonic rites will be held for Edward Leroy Broxton Sr., age 70, on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012, at 11 a.m. at Fairfield Memorial Cemetery.

The family will receive visitors from 5-7 p.m. on Tuesday evening at Pope Funeral Home.

Mr. Broxton died at his home on Oct. 6, 2012.

He was the son of the late Burke Sessions and Evelyn Haney Broxton and was born in Georgia on Oct. 31, 1941.

Mr. Broxton was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and a retired fireman.

He was a past master of Winnsboro Masonic Lodge, No. 11.

Mr. Broxton is survived by two daughters, Angela B. Riepe and Catherine Pauline Broxton, both of the home; one brother, David Broxton; three grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Mr. Broxton was predeceased by a son, Edward L. Broxton Jr. and a grandson, Michael Edward Riepe.

Pope Funeral Home is serving the Broxton family.