James Alsobrooks, the father of Maryland Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D) died earlier this month.
A distributor for The Washington Post and a car salesman, Alsobrooks and his wife Patricia Alsobrooks raised two daughters: the senator and her sister Kim Alsobrooks in Suitland.
“He sacrificed endlessly for my sister and me, and spared no resource– time or otherwise– to provide us opportunities he never had. Always selfless. Always teaching life lessons in his unique way. Always uplifting. telling us we could do anything in this life,” the senator wrote in a statement.
People took to social media to remember the politician’s late father, who some affectionately called “Mack.”
“To have known ‘Mack’ was to have experienced a life-long (67 years) friend and brother,” social media user Diane Crosley-Mayers wrote on a Facebook post by the Maryland Democratic Party. “He loved hard as evidenced by the devotion he has garnered from so many family and friends. I am proud to have been accepted as part of the family and thankful for his unwavering devotion to displaying what Christian Agape love looks like. He selflessly thought of others until the end.”
Sharing her father’s lessons and legacy, Maryland’s first Black senator asked for privacy as she mourned the death of her family’s patriarch.
“I’m heartbroken that we’ve lost a devoted husband, loving grandfather, and the best father I could ever dream of having,” she continued. “But I’m forever grateful that he passed on the kind of wisdom that endures, and the memories that will never fade.”
