Ruby Brazeal
Funeral services for Ruby Maxine Brazeal, 73, West Plains, Missouri, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, April 10, 2016 at the Langston Street Chapel of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.
Mrs. Brazeal passed away at 12:40 a.m., Friday, April 8, 2016 at her home.
She was born April 10, 1942, in Oregon County, Missouri, to Clarence Morgan and Clara Huff Morgan. On February 7, 1959, she was married at West Plains, Missouri, to Everett D. “Bobby” Brazeal. She received a bachelor’s degree from Missouri State University in 1989 and was a special needs teacher and teacher’s aide, having taught at Fairview, Gainesville and retired from Glenwood after eighteen years of teaching. Mrs. Brazeal was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and mother-in-law. She enjoyed quilting, embroidery, crocheting and loved to watch Cardinal baseball games. Mrs. Brazeal was a faithful Christian and was active in each church that her husband, Bobby, pastored.
She is survived by her husband, Bobby Brazeal, of the family home; three children, Dwayne Brazeal and wife, Laura, Brodnax, Virginia, Donna Fine and husband, Kelvin, West Plains and Doug Brazeal and wife, Velda, West Plains; son-in-law, Kevin Driskell; twelve grandchildren, Angel Brazeal, Eric Brazeal and wife, Eden, Scott Holt and wife, Christine, Clinton Holt and wife, Patty, Daphne Graham and husband, Chris, Kayla Fine and fiance’, Orion Van Nortwick, Sierena Johnson and husband, Jeremiah, Nikita Steinbruner, Michael Brazeal and wife, Jenna, Diana Brazeal, Gina Davis and husband, Chris and Amanda Collins and husband, Clayton; nineteen great-grandchildren, James, Alora, Boooklyn, Leah, Carter, Felecity, Tristan, Dalton, William, Abbi, Greyson, Scarlett, Zane, Ella, Anna, Julian, Justin, Emma and Eva; one brother, Jolly Morgan, Kansas City, Missouri; sister-in-law, Ann Morgan, Peoria, Illinois; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Her parents, two daughters, Judy Brazeal and Denise Driskell, eight brothers and one sister, precede her in death.
Visitation will be prior to the service from 1:00 until 2:00 p.m., Sunday, at the Langston Street Chapel of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Oak Lawn Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to OMC Cancer Treatment Center Expansion Fund and may be left at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.
Bob and Cindy Hardcastle Kirkland
April 8, 2016 @ 9:47 pm
We are so sorry for your loss, Ruby was always such a sweet lady with a smile for everyone. We pray that GOD will help ease your pain in these difficult days, love and prayers.
carl ford
April 9, 2016 @ 2:20 pm
Sorry to hear ,of the loss to such a good family,neighbor and friends.
Debbie Baker
April 9, 2016 @ 6:11 pm
My prayers are with you at this time. May you feel the loving arms of Jesus around your family now and in the days to come, and may you feel the comfort that can only come from our Heavenly Father.
judy deshazo
April 9, 2016 @ 8:32 pm
I thought so much of Ruby. I enjoyed the years we taught together at Glenwood. I’ll keep your
family in my thoughts.
Pat Patillo
April 16, 2016 @ 2:01 pm
Ruby was a very special lady. She always had a smile and time to stop and chat. She was a kind and loving lady. There was no douby that she loved her students and was sincere about her career as an educator. It was an honor to have shared that profession with Ruby.
Love and prayers for her family.
Pat Patillo
Ray & Pat Morgan
May 6, 2016 @ 8:06 am
Uncle Bobby, I,m so shocked to hear about Aunt Ruby , I will remember all the good times at the family reunions we had. I know she is know longer in any pain. May God be with you.