Virginia (Jennie) Fay (Farrow) Brightman

Virginia (Jennie) Fay Farrow Brightman the daughter of Ernest Farrow and Lillie Fay (Golden) Farrow was born in Hartshorn, Missouri on March 17, 1929. Jennie passed away after a lengthy illness at Texas County Memorial Hospital in Houston, Missouri surrounded by her loved ones, on Monday morning, January 23 ^rd , 2017 making her age 87 years.

She was united in marriage to Donald Brightman. Jennie was blessed with two children Ernie Neal Brawley and Marilyn Jean Sewell.

She was of the Pentecostal faith, in her early years she attended Hartshorn Assembly of God Church where her mom Lillie was pastor. She began her working career in St. Louis during WW II making booby traps. She moved back home to Hartshorn where she owned and operated the store at the junction of K and KK. She was a hard worker and worked at anything that needed to be done, hauling hay to mechanic work. She enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping. She loved to spend time with her daughter Marilyn and her grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Preceding her in death are her parents, Ernest and Lillie, husband Donald, son Ernie Neal Brawley, brother Kenneth Farrow and sister Loeta Thiesmann.

She is survived by her daughter Marilyn Sewell and fiancee Gary Ball of Raymondville, MO; grandchildren, Shawna Morgan husband Tim of Raymondville and their children TJ Morgan of  Niderwald, Texas and Aryanna Morgan of Houston, Bobbie Crawford and fiancee Drew of Raymondville, MO, and her children Carly Crawford, Sonny Crawford and Kaleb Villarrell of Raymondville, MO,Josh Hebblewaite and wife Candy of Raymondville and their children JJ, Cali and Macy of Raymondville, MO, Angela Brawley of Oklahoma and her children Mckayla and Neely, Tonya Counts and children Shelby and Summer of Eminence, MO and Cameron Slusser and wife Ashley of Eaton, Ohio. Jennie is survived by several nieces and nephews.