Oleda Faye Brasier, age 90, was born Dec. 21, 1931 in Cherry Hill, Ark. She passed peacefully at her home on Feb. 26, 2022, surrounded by, and cared for lovingly, by her family.
Mrs. Brasier was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Alton Lloyd; her parents, Lucye Eloise Bull and Wiley Ervin Bull; two brothers, Edward Bull and Gordan Bull; and three sisters, Cora Bell Bull, Ella Dean Brown and Brenda Porter.
She is survived by three children, Wayne (Nadine) Brasier, Donna (Victor) Pinion of Greenville, and Larry (Donna) Brasier of Indianola; two brothers, Kenneth (Freda) Bull of Hector, Ark. and Bernard (Shelby) Bull of Cherry Hill, Ark.; one sister, Shirlean (Lonnie) Brand of Perryville, Ark.; and five grandchildren, Randy (Karen) Brasier of Joplin, Mo., Tommy (Mandy) Brasier and Niki (Lewis) Henry, all of Greenville, Daniel Brasier (Ryan Sinclair) of Palm Springs, Calif., Victor Pinion (Sunny Williams) of Austin, Texas, and Mollie Pinion (Clayton Harper) of Winston-Salem, N. C. She was the proud great-grandmother of Ashley Brasier (Taylor Blaylock), Dylan (Anna Grace) Brasier, Matthew (Gabrielle) Brasier, Jas Brasier, Makenna Brasier, Ayla Clanton, Dalton Clanton, Brendon Coburn, Shaw Coburn, Brooklyn (Cole)McAdams and Brinkley (Andrew) Farmer. She also was blessed with seven great-great-grandchildren and one on the way, as well as a host of nieces and nephews and their families. Her friends were as numerous as the flowers in her yard.
Mrs. Brasier was a woman of many talents and accomplishments. She was raised in a farming family in rural Arkansas and picked cotton alongside her father and siblings. Many times she has told of pulling her younger siblings behind her on a cotton sack and story-telling to keep them at a productive pace. Life was hard, but it instilled in her an unmatched work ethic and moral base. She was saved in a small community church at a young age and committed her life to service of the Lord and others. She married the love of her life and childhood friend at the tender age of 17 and moved to the Mississippi Delta where they raised their three children. She served as PTA president and president of the Bell Wives Club and was active in numerous other organizations. As a late career when her youngest child started to school, she attended and graduated at the top of her class from the practical nursing program at MDCC in the late 1960s. She worked in several facets of nursing over the years of her career including at South Sunflower County Hospital and within the Indianola Public School system, retiring when her husband retired. They returned to Greenville and built a home on Cypress Lane on land where they raised their children for many years.
A true southern, Christian lady of grace and strength, she spent her life nurturing her family selflessly. Never idle, she enjoyed gardening, fishing, cooking, planting flowers and lending daily support and advice to her large and growing family, friends, and neighbors. The world will be a darker place without her glowing light, but her legacy will live on for generations.
A celebration of her life was held Wednesday, March 2 at First Baptist Church, Greenville. Visitation began at 10 a.m. with the service beginning at 11 a.m. Interment followed at Lakeside Cemetery on South Main Extended.
