Wrights & Maxeys of Monroe County, Mississippi - Person Sheet
Wrights & Maxeys of Monroe County, Mississippi - Person Sheet
NameMONTGOMERY, Edith Nell 
Birth Date3 May 1908
Birth PlaceDecatur, Morgan County, Alabama
Death Date5 Jun 2007 Age: 99
Death PlaceAmory, Monroe County, Mississippi
Misc. Notes
Edith Nell Montgomery Brasfield, 99, died Tuesday, June 5, 2007, at the Oak Tree Plantation in Amory after a long illness.
She was born May 3, 1908, in Decatur, Ala., to the late John Gregory Montgomery Jr. and Lonie Parham Montgomery. She lived in Decatur and the Splunge community, and in Amory for the past 82 years. She married Aubrey Lee Brasfield in 1925; he died in 1963.
She was a member of the UMW, Modern Homemakers, DAR, UDC, the church choir and the garden club. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church, where she served as a Sunday school teacher. She was a homemaker. She enjoyed flower gardening, working as a seamstress and cooking.
Survivors include one son, Lee Montgomery Brasfield (Lois) of Amory; one sister, Evelyn Kennedy of Amory; four grandchildren, Vicki Horne Cunningham, Jack D. Horne Jr. (Libby), Ricky Lee Brasfield and Bradley Brasfield (Neita); eight great-grandchildren, Whit Brasfield, Lindsay Brasfield, Taylor Brasfield, Katy Cunningham McCurley, Jay Cunningham, Kayla Horne, Kerri Horne and Rorie Thornton; two nieces, Ann Montgomery Lusk and Becky Kennedy Banks.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; one daughter, Bettianne Horne; one grandson, Mark David Brasfield; one sister, Maye Montgomery; and one brother, Charles Montgomery.
Pallbearers will be Jim Cunningham, Clay McCurley, Bobby Hudson, Jimmy Lee Lusk, Phil Roberts and Donald "Tootsie" Mize.
She was born May 3, 1908, in Decatur, Ala., to the late John Gregory Montgomery Jr. and Lonie Parham Montgomery. She lived in Decatur and the Splunge community, and in Amory for the past 82 years. She married Aubrey Lee Brasfield in 1925; he died in 1963.
She was a member of the UMW, Modern Homemakers, DAR, UDC, the church choir and the garden club. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church, where she served as a Sunday school teacher. She was a homemaker. She enjoyed flower gardening, working as a seamstress and cooking.
Survivors include one son, Lee Montgomery Brasfield (Lois) of Amory; one sister, Evelyn Kennedy of Amory; four grandchildren, Vicki Horne Cunningham, Jack D. Horne Jr. (Libby), Ricky Lee Brasfield and Bradley Brasfield (Neita); eight great-grandchildren, Whit Brasfield, Lindsay Brasfield, Taylor Brasfield, Katy Cunningham McCurley, Jay Cunningham, Kayla Horne, Kerri Horne and Rorie Thornton; two nieces, Ann Montgomery Lusk and Becky Kennedy Banks.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; one daughter, Bettianne Horne; one grandson, Mark David Brasfield; one sister, Maye Montgomery; and one brother, Charles Montgomery.
Pallbearers will be Jim Cunningham, Clay McCurley, Bobby Hudson, Jimmy Lee Lusk, Phil Roberts and Donald "Tootsie" Mize.
Spouses
1BRASFIELD, Aubry Clovis Lee , 2C3R
, 2C3RBirth Date25 Sep 1903
Birth PlaceSmithville, Monroe County, Mississippi
Death Date26 Mar 1966 Age: 62
Death PlaceAmory, Monroe County, Mississippi
FatherBRASFIELD, Rufus Esa (1875->1930)
MotherSMITH, Molie Joe (1878-1970)
Marr Date2 Sep 1925
ChildrenBettianne
Lee Montgomery (1936-2020)