Obit of Brookshire, M. Marie - Washington County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Terri     18 Sep 2005
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Surnames: BROOKSHIRE, O'NEAL, BRUMMETT, TAYLOR, GABEL

from 2-13-2003 Examiner Enterprise

M. Marie Brookshire

Mrs. M. Marie (O'Neal) Brookshire, 87, widow of the late Virgil Lee 
Brookshire, Sr. and a retiree of the Hains Greenhouse, died at 10:25 p.m. 
on Monday in Bartlesville.

Funeral services for Mrs. Brookshire will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday 
in the First Assembly of God Church. Pastor Billy Brummett will be the 
officiant. Committal prayers and interment will be directed in the 
Memorial Park Cemetery by The Arnold Moore Funeral Service.

Mrs. Brookshire will lie in state in the Drawing Rooms of The Arnold Moore 
Funeral Residence where friends may call for their visitation until she is 
removed to the church for final rites on Saturday afternoon.

An Oklahoma native, M. Marie O'Neal was born on December 22, 1915 in 
Washington County at Copan. She was the daughter of the late William Edgar 
and Lieu Anna (Taylor) O'Neal. Marie was reared and completed her 
education in the Hulah and Antioch community schools.

She and Virgil Lee Brookshire were united in marriage at Sedan, Kansas on 
July 7, 1934. Mr. Brookshire was an employee of the Indian Territory 
Illumination Oil Company at the time of their marriage and was retired 
from the National Zinc Co. Mr. Brookshire preceded her in death on 
February 22, 1990 in Bartlesville. Mrs. Brookshire had been an employee of 
the Hains Greenhouse as a floral designer. She was retired in 1977 and has 
continued her residence in Bartlesville living in retirement.

Marie was a member of the First Assembly of God Church.

Marie is survived by her son, Louis "Eddie" and his wife, Sherry, 
Brookshire, Bartlesville; a daughter, Mrs. John (Charlene) Gabel, 
Bartlesville; 23 grandchildren; 33 great grand children; and 11 great 
great grandchildren. Her father; mother; husband, Virgil "Lee"; sons, 
Thomas Joe Brookshire; Frederick Lee "Freddie" Brookshire and Virgil Lee 
Brookshire, Jr.; seven brothers and five sisters preceded her in death.
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