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Mertie Lee CHAUNCEY
(1929 – 2015)

 

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1. John Richmond BRISBOIS

Mertie Lee CHAUNCEY 2
  • Born: 17 July 1929, Fort Towson, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, USA
  • Marriage (1): John Richmond BRISBOIS about 1969 in prob Texas, USA 1
  • Died: 22 April 2015, Durant, Bryan County, Oklahoma, USA at age 85
  • Buried: 25 April 2015, Fort Towson, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, USA

bullet   Other names for Mertie were Mertie EARNEST and Mertie LILES.

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bullet  Burial Notes

Fort Towson Cemetery

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bullet  Recorded Events in Her Life

  • Other Spouses: Jesse Floyd Earnest (1921–1990), m. Bef 1954, div. Bef 1970; Unknown Liles.
  • Parents: Martin Lee Chauncey and Nora "Nix" McKee.
  • She had a residence in 2004 in Fort Towson, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, USA.
  • Her obituary was published by Mount Olive Funeral Home on their website on 23 April 2015 in Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, USA.

    Life Legacy

         Funeral services for Mertie Lee Brisbois will held on Saturday, April 25, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at the Ft. Towson Cemetery Chapel in Ft. Towson, OK. Visitation will be held from 6:00-7:00 p.m. on Friday, April 24, 2015 at the Mt. Olive Funeral Home Chapel in Hugo, OK.
         Mertie Lee Brisbois was born July 17, 1929 in Ft. Towson, OK to Martin Lee Chauncey & Nora (Nix) Chauncey McKee. She passed from this life on April 22, 2015, in Durant, OK at the age of 85.
         Mertie lived in this area nearly all of her life. She worked as a homemaker, and she enjoyed sewing, embroidery, needlework, gardening, and raising farm animals. She was a member of Full Gospel Church in Grant, OK.
         Mertie was preceded in death by her parents, her brother, Henry Chauncey; her daughter, Jessie Johnson; and her grandson, Tony Earnest. Mertie is survived by her children, ----- Powell of Ft. Towson, OK, ----- Gostch of Muleshoe, TX, ----- Earnest and wife, -----, of Ft. Towson, OK, ----- Greer and husband, -----, of Hugo, OK, ----- Liles of Hugo, OK, ----- Liles and wife, -----, of Broken Bow, OK, ----- Staton and husband, ----, of Hugo, OK, and ----- Brisbois and wife, -----, of Broken Bow, OK; one sister, Birdie McCollough, of Grant, OK; and many, many grandkids, as well as many other relatives and friends.
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Mertie married John Richmond BRISBOIS, son of John Bernard BRISBOIS and Lila Gladys RICHMOND, about 1969 in prob Texas, USA.1 The marriage ended in divorce. (John Richmond BRISBOIS was born on 9 November 1924 in Fonda, Pocahontas County, Iowa, USA,3 4 5 6 died on 22 May 2004 in Paris, Lamar County, Texas, USA 4 5 and was buried on 25 May 2004 in Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, USA 5.)


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bullet   Sources   bullet

  1. Obituary.
  2. Kirsty M. Haining.
  3. Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. Original data: Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. NARA microfilm publication T626, 2,667 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, DC), John B. Brisbois household, Franklin Street, Fonda, Cedar Township, Pocahontas County, Iowa, USA.
  4. Ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011. Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration), John Brisbois death, 22 May 2004, SSN 485-16-6057.
  5. National Cemetery Administration, U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator), John R Brisbois internment, Shoat Springs Cemetery, Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, USA.
  6. National Archives and Records Administration, U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938 –1946 [database online] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938 –1946 [Archival Database]; World War II Army Enlistment Records; Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 64; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD), John R Brisbois enlistment, 09 Jan 1945, Fort Snelling, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA.


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