Cheryl Joyce Braziel

Cheryl Joyce Braziel obituary, Temple, TX

Cheryl Joyce Braziel

Cheryl Braziel Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Branford Dawson Funeral Home Inc. - Temple on Oct. 1, 2025.

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Cheryl Joyce Braziel was born on March 17, 1962, to Katye Mae Braziel in Fort Worth, Texas. She graduated from Prairie View A&M University in Prairie View, Texas, with a major in Mechanical Engineering, and later from John Marshall Law School in Atlanta, Georgia. Cheryl worked as a self-employed attorney.
Cheryl was preceded in death by her grandmother, Bessie Mae Thompson; aunts, Rosie Lee Thompson, Lillie B. Bryant, and Jamie Anna Boylan; and nephew, Marquise Ali Braziel.
Survivors are her mother, Katye Mae Braziel of Cameron, Texas; two brothers, Carlton Maurice Braziel (Margie) and Cary Lavon Braziel both of Cameron, Texas; one sister, Crystal Flemings (Willie) of Cameron, Texas; a host of nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.
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