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Missye Breazeale Obituary
Missye Rhee Breazeale was born in Meridian on May 2, 1952, to the late Herschel Brickell and Doris Rhee Fuller Brickell. She was raised in Jackson, was a member of the Murrah High School class of 1970; attended Mississippi State University and was graduated from Belhaven College magna cum laude. While at MSU, she became a member of Phi Mu fraternity.
Missye Rhee married her soul mate, Donald Glenn Breazeale, on January 4, 1974. Don and Missye Rhee enjoyed 35 years of marriage.
In addition to her husband, Donald G. Breazeale, Missye Rhee is survived by her son, Donald Glenn Breazeale, Jr., and his wife, Carter O'Ferrall Breazeale; her son, Maury Brickell Breazeale; and her daughter, Marianna Rhee Breazeale Shaw, and her husband, Benjamin Nash Shaw. Missye Rhee's mother, Doris Rhee Fuller Brickell survives her.
She is also survived by her sisters, Chris Harrison Brickell Marks and Amy Brickell Smith, and her husband, Dr. Len D. Smith, and by her dear grandchildren, Caroline O'Ferrall Breazeale and Virginia Rhee Breazeale.
Missye Rhee's life was marked by her commitment to her savior Jesus Christ, evidenced by a faithful service to her church, First Presbyterian of Jackson, where she served as a Bible teacher and as the Executive Assistant to the Senior Minister. She was also active in civic affairs and community outreach as she served on the Board of Trustees of Jackson Academy, as a representative for Alpine Camp for Boys, as a member of the Junior League of Jackson where she served as corresponding secretary, and as a member of the Board of Goodwill Services and as its President.
Missye Rhee loved her husband, her children, her grandchildren and her mother. And in the midst of serving them, she founded and owned Handworks Market, an extension of her love for sewing and smocking. Missye Rhee loved her country and believed it was necessary to be active in the political process, so she continued to be active in Mississippi Republican Women and actively supported Republican candidates.
Visitation will be held today in the courtyard of First Presbyterian Church from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. A private graveside service will be held on Saturday, November 14, 2009, followed by a Memorial Service at 11:00 a.m. at the sanctuary of First Presbyterian Church.
The family requests that memorials be made to Jackson Academy, 4908 Ridgewood Road, Jackson, MS 39211; to Reformed Theological Seminary, 5422 Clinton Boulevard, Jackson, MS 39209; or to First Presbyterian Church, 1390 N. State Street, Jackson, MS 39202.
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Memories and Condolences
for Missye Breazeale
Nancy Brickell
November 16, 2009
My prayers are with you and the family. Missye Rhee will be dearly missed here on earth but celebrating with her Lord and Savior in Heaven.
Johnny Adams
November 16, 2009
Missye Rhee was special. I know she is with the Angels in Heaven. Our prayers are with you.
Vera Burkhead Alexander
November 16, 2009
Don
I'm so sorry about Missye Rhea. I just found out from Sally Sherman. My prayers are with you and your family during this difficult time. On a personal note, I lost my husband in 1985 and I share your loss in many ways. Though we haven't seen each other in years, I still remember our Murrah Days, as well as earlier years with her and her family. May God comfort you during this time.
Patsy Gordon-Wann
November 16, 2009
My prayers are with Missy's family. I had the honor of knowing her in Junior high. She was a wonderful and beautiful girl. God be with you and help you find comfort in your fond memories of Missy!
Psalm 23
November 16, 2009
Don
I'm so very sorry to hear about Missye. You are in our thoughts and prayers.
Steve & Stephanie Varley
Victoria Scott Spear
November 15, 2009
Don,
I am so sorry for your loss. I have had you on my mind ever since I learned about Missye Rhee's death. I know you are surrounded by many people who will support you during this time. Though I have not kept in touch over the years, I still have a special place in my heart for her and all the childhood memories. I know this is a great loss for you and your family. You are in my thoughts and prayers.
Love,
Victoria
Diane Wilson Smith
November 15, 2009
My thoughts and prayers are with you in your time of grief. May your memories bring you comfort.
Clay & Darlene Quarterman
November 15, 2009
We just returned from vacation in Egypt tonight and I heard the news from my Mom. I'm in shock. I just saw Missye Rhee in Lig's office in August, and she seemed to be doing well. I told her I'd be praying, and I have. But the Lord's ways are not our ways... we think we have good plans, but God's ways are the best. We'll miss her always, but we have the blessed Hope of joining her and all the saints. We'll pray God's comfort, brother, and I hope to see you next summer. - Clay
Sandee Reynoldson
November 15, 2009
Don,
How sadden and shocked I am to hear today in my Sunday School Class of your very dear wife passing this week. Just Monday at Circle it was mentioned she was in hospital due to a turn of her cancer. Today's class lesson was on Suffering and what it teaches us and we decided she taught us all how to die. She glorified the Lord to the very end. She was a remarkable women in every right and walked with great dignity all along her illness path.
I will miss her. Thank you for sharing her with us at First Presbyterian Church.
Rie Allen Linton
November 14, 2009
Don,
My prayers are ascending for you and your family. We are all such better people for having an angel like Missye Rhee touch our lives. Please know that you are being enveloped from a distance in the love of old friends as we remember, cherish, and plan to meet up again in heaven.
Peace and blessing, dear friend.
Rie Allen Linton
Molly Foster Shaw
November 14, 2009
Dearest Don,
I have had a flood of memories take hold in these last few days after hearing of Missye Rhee's passing. Although saddened and tender of her departure, I know that the good Lord has her close. She was truly a good person, through and through. I am sorry not to attend the services, but I send my prayers for you, your sweet family and your church community at this time. Take comfort in the love that surrounds you.
Love,
Molly Foster Shaw
Stephanie Johnson
November 14, 2009
Don,
Randy and I are thinking of you and your family today as you celebrate the life of your precious Missy Rhee. She was loved by so many, and I am sure many will be there to rejoice in the impact that she had on their lives here on earth. Heaven is also rejoicing in her "homecoming."
A special love to you.
Joyce Bradberry
November 14, 2009
Dear Don & Family,
As you know, Missye Rhee was such a important part of our lives as children and adults. Your family was considered part of ours. I'm sorry we cannot be there today but our spirit is there. Anna's first baby picture was taken in a dress she made. We will cherish her memory and her spirit is carried on through her many good deeds and through you and your beautiful children and grandchildren.
Love as always,
Joyce Wennerlund Bradberry
Phil Bradberry & Anna Bradberry
CONNIE JENKINS
November 14, 2009
MR. BREAZEALE, I HAD NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET YOUR WIFE. FROM ALL THE WONDERFUL WORDS AND ENCOURAGING THOUGHTS ABOUT MISSYE, SHE TRULY MUST HAVE BEEN A VERY SPECIAL PERSON. SHE SEEMS TO HAVE TOUCHED MANY LIVES IN A SPECIAL WAY. I HOPE THESE WORDS FROM JOSHUA 1:9 BRING YOUR COMFORT "BE COURAGEOUS AND STRONG. DO NOT SUFFER SHOCK OR BE TERRIFIED, FOR GOD IS WITH YOU WHEREVER YOU GO." DONALD PLEASE CONTINUE TO CHERISH ALL THE LIFE LONG MEMORIES YOU'VE SHARED WITH MISSYE AND THEY WILL BRING YOU COMFORT IN THE DAYS AND YEARS TO COME. MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BE WITH YOU AND YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY.
Daniels Family
November 14, 2009
We are so very sorry for your loss and offer our deepest condolences. Losing a precious loved one like Missye is never easy, so may "the Father of tender mercies and the God of all comfort," and your dear memories ease the pain of your grief.
Becky & Bill Oliver
November 14, 2009
We share with you our prayers and wish to extend our condolences to your family. Missye Rhee was one of the nicest people we've ever known. She truly glorified God in all that she did. Heaven now has another Angel.
We send our love and prayers,
Becky and Bill Oliver
Jay Wiener
November 14, 2009
My sympathies to you.
Randy Kimbrough
November 13, 2009
My favorite part of attending Twin Lakes Fellowship was to get to interact with Missye Rhee. She was such a wonderful
person. Ruth and I will miss her terribly.
Mary Glass
November 13, 2009
Don and children,
We were in NC visiting our daughter when news of the loss of Missye Rhee came. We extend our love to each of you knowing, without a doubt, you have lost a treasure in a wife, mother, daughter, sister and grandmother, plus a dear friend to so many. She never met a stranger and treated everyone as if she had known you forever.
Her love for our Lord is unsurpassed. She will be missed and we pray you will know of the prayers of friends as you begin the adjustment to this great loss.
Love,
The Glass Family
Larry, Mary, Lauren and Ryan
Lynn Beck
November 13, 2009
Don -- It's been so many years since I've seen you and Missye Rhee, but I've kept up with both of you. She was a beautiful, loving, courageous, and joyful person. Certainly her faith was pivotal in making her the person she was, but so were you and your children. You gave her so much happiness. You and your family are very much in my thoughts and prayers!!
Lynn Gillespie Beck
Dennis Thomas
November 13, 2009
I am sorry to hear about Missye Rhee.
She was a beautiful person in every way.
God Bless!
Mark H Wyatt
November 13, 2009
Please accept my deepest sympathies.
Debra Sims Patton
November 13, 2009
Dear Don and family,
You are in our prayers. I just learned today of Missye Rhee's passing.
She was an ANGEL on Earth, so I know she is with our Lord and Savior in Heaven. She will be missed by so many. You will always have the most beautiful memories of a lifetime with the one you loved. And what an example you set for your children, loving their mother so much. Missye Rhee will always be remembered for her kind and loving heart and her love for you and your children.
God bless you,
Preston and Debra Patton
November 13, 2009
To the Breazeale family:
Ours thoughts and prayers are with you during this time of loss and grief. I so enjoyed getting to know and working with Missye Rhee through the JLJ. My husband and I were participates years ago in the wonderful Explore's bible class that Don and Missye Rhee led. She was a wonderful, sweet, godly woman, who was dedicated to her family, church and community. I can still see her sweet, beautiful smile. You are in our prayers.
Love, hugs, & prayers
Lisa, Wes and Heather Moore
Rick & Jen Holbert
November 13, 2009
Dear Don and family,
I am so sad to hear of Missye Rhee's departure from us. Jen and I so much enjoyed her smiles and cheerful spirit - seeing her at First Pres or at the Neshoba County Fair. What a delight she was to us. As you look forward to that happy day of seeing her again, we will pray for your comfort now. With love.
Lisa & Wes Moore
November 13, 2009
To the Breazeale family:
Ours thoughts and prayers are with you during this time of loss and grief. I so enjoyed getting to know and working with Missye Rhee through the JLJ. My husband and I were participates years ago in the wonderful Explore's bible class that Don and Missye Rhee led. She was a wonderful, sweet, godly woman, who was dedicated to her family, church and community. I can still see her sweet, beautiful smile. You are in our prayers.
Love, hugs, & prayers
Lisa, Wes and Heather Moore
Mary Godwin Hauer
November 13, 2009
So sorry to learn of your loss. My prayers and thoughts are with the family and friends. God's loving Peace be with each one of you. She was such an angel.
Mary Alexander MacCurdy
November 13, 2009
Doris and family, I think of all the Brickell's often and the times our families spent together. Missye Rhee seemed to always have a smile and an easy way about her.
November 13, 2009
Doris and Family,
We are so sorry about Missye Rhee.
Our thoughts and prayers are with you.
God bless you,
Tom and Donnie Collins
Christi Brewer
November 13, 2009
My sincere sympathies to each of you. The Breazeales are a special bunch. I will always remember Missye Rhee's sweet spirit & smile. Love to you all.
Phyllis Williams
November 13, 2009
I remember Missye Rhee when she was in junior high and high school-what a beutiful girl. Always smiling and sweet,sweet sweet. Then later at Handworks-always asking how I was and about my children. What wonderful memories of a precious person to always treasure. Phyllis Eason Williams
Bill Bullock
November 13, 2009
Don, as a member of Buck Run Hunting Club, I want to express our condolences to you and your family. You are fondly remembered by many down there, and newer members know you by the pictures of the Great Buck Run Trial still hanging on the wall in the camphouse. We are all saddened by your loss, but we will keep you and your family in our thoughts and prayers. Bill Bullock
Mary Fairchild Townsend
November 13, 2009
Don, I learned of Missy Rhee's death only yesterday. Please know how very much I will miss her sweet smile and loving ways. She was truly a wonderful Christian gift from our heavenly father and He loaned her to us for such a little while. My love and sympathy to you, Doris, and all of the children and grandchildren and the many friends who loved her so.
Bruce and Vicki Hightower
November 13, 2009
Our deepest sympathies for you and your family during this time of your loss.
Allen Ligon
November 13, 2009
Glenn,
We are so sorry for your loss. The Ligon family is thinking of you during this difficult time.
November 13, 2009
Don and Family,
We were so sad to hear about Missye Rhee. We have such fond memories of the time we stayed with you two during a mission conference. We will always remember Missye's love and kindness.
Dick and Sharon Sechler
Margarette Bailey
November 13, 2009
My heartfelt sympathy goes out to
Don, Missye Rhee's children & grandchildren, Doris, Chris, Amy and all the family. May God give you comfort and peace during this sad time. Missye fought the good fight and I'm sure that on Wednesday night, she heard God say, "Well done thy good and faithful servant." You will all remain in my prayers.
Melanie Ligon
November 13, 2009
Don,
You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers as you face this sad time in your life. Please know that I share in your deep sorrow.
November 13, 2009
Dear Don and Family,
We are thinking of you and praying for you at this time.
Hellen Powell and Nursery Staff
Barry Allen
November 13, 2009
Don:
Larie and I are deeply saddened; we join your many friends in surrounding you and your family with prayerful arms of love and comfort. May you continue to know a special sense of God's consoling presence - and - may you know it is the presence of the King!
Yours and His,
Barry Allen
Stephanie Johnson
November 13, 2009
I share in your grief because I love and care for you and your famiy.
Shirley Breazeale
November 13, 2009
Don,
I check the Clarion Ledger on line every day and was totally in shock when I saw the obit for Missy. My heartfelt sympathy for you and your family at this time. My thoughts and prayers will be with you and may God Bless you. He will see you through.
Ken Pierce
November 13, 2009
Don and Family,
Missye Rhee was a light, and always a joy to interact with --a real testimony to her Lord. She will be greatly missed by all the Twin Lakes bunch, that she loved so well.
thomas townsend
November 13, 2009
i am speechless Don and to all the rest of the family please accept my deepest sympathy.
Roger Elam
November 13, 2009
My deepest condolences to you all for your loss. I open the Clarion Ledger online from time to time when I'm feeling nostalgic....this time was met with your sad news. Best wishes to all the family at this most difficult time.
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