Article: Ex-Daily Mail employee, coach Holbrook dies

DAILY MAIL STAFF

Longtime Daily Mail employee, church basketball coach and World War II veteran George Holbrook has died.

He was 85.

Holbrook was a Charleston resident who spent 47 years writing and editing at the Daily Mail. He also started the popular retirees' picnic, which has grown to include all current employees.

Quiet and unassuming, Holbrook personally excelled at basketball. He coached boys basketball for 31 years at First Presbyterian Church, where he also served as an elder for nine years. Under Holbrook, the boys team had an overall record of 555-274.

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