Helen "Chena" Charleen Tomlin
Helen "Chena" Charleen Tomlin
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Helen Charleen Tomlin 06/22/1939 – 11/30/2025 is finally retired at the age of 86. She was affectionately known as Grams by close family or Chena by her many friends. She was an accomplished business owner, a graduate of Stephen F. Austin State University, and a Daughter of the American Revolution.
She is preceded in death by her parents Edwin Charles Tomlin and Willie Bolin McBride Tomlin, brother Jim (Lois), sister Lynn (Irv), brother-in-law Larry Todd.
She is survived by her beloved dogs Lucy and Luke, her children, Mark Brumley (Annette), Shannan Brumley (Ernest), Glenn Jones (Stacey), Grandsons Gabe Rodriquez (Jonathan), Eric Varela (Aylin), sister Carolyn Todd, sister Kathleen Fleming (Jerry), great grandson Hunter Varela, and numerous family and friends.
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