|
| |
 |
 |
Mary Lou Brookshire, 88, of Mead Oklahoma, passed away Sunday, June 1, 2025, on the ranch her and her husband built together.
Mary Lou was born on Monday, October 26, 1936, in Lake Texoma to Eamy and Bessie Novotny. She grew up in the Lake Texoma area and later moved to the Texas panhandle with her parents. She graduated from Pampa High School in 1954 and went on to graduate from business college. Throughout her career she worked at Crall Products and Precision Filter as a production and office manager.
On June 24, 1974, Lee and Mary Lou Brookshire were married in Las Vegas, a favorite vacation destination of theirs. Together they enjoyed bargain hunting, donut shop conversations with friends, raising a garden and tending to her flowers, and life on the ranch. When Mary Lou was younger, she enjoyed dancing and was an avid bowler. She loved to go to Choctaw Casino and is a member of the Mead Baptist Church attending when she was able.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Lee Brookshire; a daughter, Cindy Barnheart; mother, Bessie Novotny; father, Eamy Novotny; step- daughter, Patricia Bailey; and step-son Leon Brookshire.
Marylou is survived by her son, Randy Pryor, of Mead, OK; step-daughter, Rhonda Moore and her children Jason, Shawn, and Sabrina of Oklahoma City, OK; Grandchildren- Carrie (Nick) McKee of Davenport, FL; Cara (Joshua) Nunn of East Wenatchee, WA; and Joshua (Leeza) Pryor of Denton, TX; Great grandchildren- Nicholas McKee, Tanleigh McKee, Taylor Nunn, and Rylan Nunn-along with numerous extended family members.
A graveside service will be held at 2:00 PM on Friday, June 6, at Rose Hill Cemetery pavilion in Calera with Bro. Wes Schreier officiating.
Viewing hours will be held from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM on Thursday, June 5, at Brown's Funeral Home in Durant.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Dravet Foundation in Mary Lou's memory.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.brownsfuneralservice.com
This site may be freely linked, but not duplicated in any way without consent.
All rights reserved! Commercial use of material within this site is prohibited!
© 2000-2025 Oklahoma CemeteriesThe information on this site is provided free for the purpose of researching your genealogy. This material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, for your own research, as long as this message remains on all copied material. The information contained in this site may not be copied to any other site without written "snail-mail" permission. If you wish to have a copy of a donor's material, you must have their permission. All information found on these pages is under copyright of Oklahoma Cemeteries. This is to protect any and all information donated. The original submitter or source of the information will retain their copyright. Unless otherwise stated, any donated material is given to Oklahoma Cemeteries to make it available online. This material will always be available at no cost, it will always remain free to the researcher.