Elizabeth D. Brinkley

September 11, 1926 - August 25, 2012

Denison - Elizabeth D. Brinkley, 85, passed away on Saturday, August 25, 2012 at Texoma Special Care Center in Denison. Visitation will be 6-7 p.m. Tuesday, August 28, 2012 at Johnson-Moore Funeral Home. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 29, 2012 at Belmont Baptist Church, 631 E. Acheson St., Denison. Reverend Mark Roach will officiate and burial will follow at Cederlawn Memorial Park. Serving as her pallbears will be her grandchildren. Elizabeth was born on September 11, 1926 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, the daughter of Garland and Lena Halliburton Farrell. She married Robert Brinkley in 1946 in Monticello, Arkansas, he preceded her in death in March 2006. She worked at Texas Instruments for many years and owned and operated Rainbow Arts and Crafts store. She was a member of Belmont Baptist Church. She is survived by her sons, David Brinkley and his wife, Sheryl of Rockwall, Texas and Steve Brinkley and his wife, Tammy of Luella, Texas; daughters, Trudy Edwards and her husband, Johnny of Denison and Judy Crabtree and her husband, Clifford of Sand Springs, Oklahoma; twelve grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband; three brothers and four sisters.