Obituary of Maude Brashears, Madison Co, AR

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        Date: 18 Aug 2001
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unknown paper, Nov. 1963

MRS. W. B. BRASHEARS

Mrs. Maude Caroline Brashears, 79, of Brashears Junction, near St. Paul,
died Wednesday night, Nov. 20, in a Little Rock Nursing home.   She had
been in ill health the past several months, and suffered a severe heart
attack a few weeks ago.

Mrs. Brashears was born April 27, 1884 in south Madison County, the
daughter of George Gentry and Emily Tennessee Bivens Gentry and was a
lifelong resident.  She was the widow of W. B. Brashears, and operated the
store and cafe at Brashears Junction after her husband's death in 1958,
until ill health forced her to retire.  She was a member of the Methodist
church.

Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Kelly (Bertie) Cornett, of Little Rock;
a son Ben Brashears of Little Rock; her mother, Mrs. Emily Tennessee
Brashears, of St. Paul; two brothers, Alf Gentry of Middletown, Ohio and
Bill Gentry of Prosser, Wash.; five grandchildren and thirteen
great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Saturday morning at 11 o'clock at the St. Paul
Bible Church with Deaconess Mary Chaffin conducting. Burial was in the
Brashears Cemetery under the direction of the Brashears Funeral Home.

Pallbearers were: Bob Faubus, Doyle Faubus, J.C. Petree, Earl Stokenbury,
Jack Brashears and Felix Brashears.

Out of town relatives and friends who attended the funeral of Mrs. W. B.
Brashears at St. Paul Saturday, included, Governor Orval E. Faubus, State
Auditor Jimmie "Red" Jones and Mrs Jones, and Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey McCasland
and daughter, Betty McCasland, of Little Rock; Mrs. Beulah McDonald and Mr.
and Mrs. Sam Bridges of Fort Smith; Mr. and Mrs. Hazel Baker, and Mr. and
Mrs. Howard Baker and son of Tulsa; Mr. and Mrs. Hershel Baker and
daughters, Judith Kay and Joanne, of Dutch Mills; Mr. and Mrs. Otis Baker
of Oklahoma City; Mrs. Octavia Vanderslice and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Stokenbury
of Fayetteville; Mr. and Mrs. Don Vanderslice and children of Jefferson
City, Mo.; Dr. James Kelly Cornett of Little Rock; Farrell Faubus, Charles
Shuster and Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Shuster, Huntsville; Al Faubus and Bobby
Faubus of Elkins.