Joyce LaJune Rector Brashear

Funeral service for Mrs. Joyce LaJune Rector Brashear, age 78 , of Chireno, Texas, will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, February 2, 2007, at Chireno United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Farrar Bentley officiating. Burial will follow in Chireno Lower Cemetery. Mrs. Brashear passed away January 31, 2007, in San Augustine, Texas. Born December 31, 1928 in Douglass, Texas, she was the daughter of Delilah Coats Rector and Andrew Jackson Rector. She was raised in Douglass and graduated from Stephen F. Austin State University in 1950 with a degree in elementary education. Joyce married Andrew Boyce Brashear on April 7, 1951, and he preceded her death. Teaching was one of her greatest joys. She spent forty-two years in the classroom, teaching primarily second grade in Chireno, Huntington and Denver, Colorado. Mrs. Brashear affiliated with the Baptist Church most of her life. Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Linda and Jimmy Lance Metteauer of Chireno; granddaughter, Jena Metteauer Rhodes of Timpson; grandson, Jim Metteauer of Beaumont; sisters and brothers-in-law, JoAnn and Bo Wisner of Nacogdoches and Bonnie and Monte Kerr of Douglass; and numerous nieces and nephews. The family would like to express their appreciation to the staff of Colonial Pines for the loving care Mother received during the last years of her life.Memorial donations may be made to Chireno United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 242, Chireno, Texas 75937. The family will receive friends from 5 until 7 p.m. today. Laird Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.