Mrs. Billie Blakely Brown, 81, of Greenville for over forty-six years, passed away on July 1, 2009 at Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas. A memorial service will be scheduled for a later date at Coker-Mathews Funeral Home Chapel. Mrs. Brown’s cremated remains will be spread at Windy Point over the Slumgullion Pass near Creede, Colorado as she requested.
Born on February 5, 1928, in Davidson, Oklahoma, she was the daughter of Charles Redd Blakely and Jimmie Avon Nunn Blakely. She attended high school in Ruston, Louisiana and Norman, Oklahoma and was a scholar at Pepperdine University in California. On April 23, 1950 she married William E. “Bill” Brown, Jr. in Monroe, Louisiana. She was a dental assistant, a licensed real estate agent, and taught private piano lessons. Lover of music, art, and fashion, Mrs. Brown was involved in many organizations as a member and volunteer. She belonged to the Aesthetics Club for over fifty years; was a longtime member of the Comet Club; active in the Hunt County Republican Party for many years; served as secretary of the Empress Chinchilla Breeders Club for over fifteen years; was an active leader of the Brownies and Girl Scouts Association; member of the local Arts Club; and served on the Hunt County Fair Board.
Her survivors include her husband of Greenville; daughter Lesalie Brown of Celina; two grandchildren Chelsen and Chase Hall of Celina; two sisters Avon Lee Lowe of California and Ryta Taichman of Louisiana; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents and a sister, Lois Elizabeth Blakely.
The family request memorials be made to the American Heart Association.
