Patricia Ann Lunsford Brazeal

SERVICES: 2:00 PM Saturday, February 19, 2011, at Carmichael-Whatley Colonial Chapel, with Rev. Norman Rushing, pastor of Central Baptist Church, officiating.BURIAL: Fairview Cemetery under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors.BIOGRAPHY: Ms. Brazeal was born September 3, 1936 in Pampa. She attended Pampa schools, graduating from Pampa High School in 1955. She attended Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee, Oklahoma where she received her B.A. degree in chemistry in 1960. She then attended Baylor University for clinicals for medical technology. Patricia married Charles Brazeal on April 22, 1961 in Dallas. She was a medical technologist at the Collin Memorial Hospital in McKinney, the VA Medical Center in Leavenworth, Kansas, the David Grant Hospital in Fairfield, California, and in 1995, she went to work for Pampa Regional Medical Center. She enjoyed traveling, bird watching and gardening, and she especially enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren. She was an honest, hard-working, God-fearing, Christian woman who would do anything for the people she loved. She will be sorely missed. SURVIVORS: 2 daughters: Laura Baird and husband Shawn of Fairfield, California, and Susan Springman and husband John of Portsmouth, Iowa; 2 grandsons: Aaron Baird and James Baird, both of Fairfield, California; 2 granddaughters: Cameron Springman and Hailey Springman, both of Portsmouth, Iowa; brother: Donald Lunsford of Pampa; sister: Mary Kay LaFrance of Amarillo; a sister-in-law: Bernie Lunsford of Moore, Oklahoma; and her former husband: Charles Brazeal and wife Jayne of McKinney. She was preceded in death by her parents; Dewey and Ruby Lunsford; and a brother: Richard Lunsford in 2010.MEMORIALS: American Cancer Society, c/o Gerry Caylor, 2130 Charles, Pampa, Texas 79065, or Chronic Disease Fund, 6900 N. Dallas Parkway, Suite 200, Plano, Texas 75024.