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Submitted: 9/21/21 • Approved: 10/2/21 • Last Updated: 10/5/21 • R457864-G457862-S3
Lonnie Dee
Oct 12, 1904 - Jan 27, 1988
Opal Pauline
Apr 6, 1907 - Dec 4, 2011
(Centenarian)
Spouse Lonnie Dee Briscoe
Father J R Cunningham
Mother Louise Cunningham
*Obituary
Memorial services for Opal Briscoe, 104, of Brownfield will be at 2 p.m. Monday, December 5, 2011 at Brownfield First Christian Church with Rev. Ken Reeder officiating. Burial will be in Terry County Memorial Cemetery under the direction of Brownfield Funeral Home. There will be a family visitation at the funeral home from 6 to 8 p.m. on Sunday. Opal passed away Thursday, December 1, 2011 in Lubbock. She was born April 6, 1907 in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Opal married L.D. Briscoe on June 15, 1925 in Wewoka, Oklahoma. He preceded her in death on January 27, 1988. They moved to Brownfield in 1946. She was a member of Brownfield First Christian Church. She was also preceded in death by her parents; a son, Robert Briscoe; a grandson, Leonard Baker; a great grandson, Ryan Baker; four brothers; and four sisters. Opal is survived by her sons, L.D. Buddy Briscoe and wife Nancy of Brownfield, Charles Briscoe and wife Neva of Santa Maria, Calif.; a daughter, Linda Baker and husband Cecil of Lubbock; ten grandchildren, David Briscoe, Sharon Klosterman, Daryl Briscoe, Sherri Briscoe, Bobby Briscoe, Carolyn McNutt, Rhonda Bennett, Michael Baker, Sarah Briscoe and Aaron Briscoe; 17 great-grandchildren; and seven great-great grandchildren.
Published by Lubbock Avalanche-Journal on Dec. 4, 2011.
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