Harmon Co. OK Obit for Ladessa Motley McBrayer 
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Transcribed from the Altus Times http://www.altustimes.com/
For the Harmon County, OK. archives project:
http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/harmon/harmonobits.html 
5/05/2002 by Bill Cook, for the Harmon Co. Okla. Archives.
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Ladessa Motley McBrayer, 91, passed away Thursday at Harmon County Memorial 
Hospital in Hollis. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the First Baptist 
Church of Hollis with the Rev. Henry McBrayer and the Rev. Andy Overman 
officiating. Burial will follow at the Fairmont Cemetery. Services are under the 
direction of Stewart Funeral Service of Hollis.


She was born Oct. 17, 1910 to James Henry and Fannie Lou Whisenant Motley in 
Hollis. She attended Hollis schools and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from 
Oklahoma Baptist University. She was a teacher and a landlord in Hollis. She was 
a member of the First Baptist Church, the 1931 Sorosis, Guest Club and Retired 
Teacher's Association. She loved sports, art, music, and was a teacher at 
church. She married Thomas Morris McBrayer March 26, 1933 in Hollis where they 
made their home.


She is survived by her son. Henry McBrayer and wife, Ruby of Burleson, Texas; 
daughter, Tomala McBrayer Howard of Tulsa; grandchildren, Mandi McBrayer of 
Tulsa,, Matthew and Michael McBrayer both of Woodward and Marc Howard of Tulsa.


She was preceded in death by her husband, Tom McBrayer, Aug. 25, 1979 and her 
parents, Henry and Fannie Whisenant Motley, both of Hollis.