Wilma Jean (Brown) Broyles went to her eternal home in Heaven on August 2, 2020 at the age of 89 years. She was born to George Leonard Brown and Edna Estelle (Ross) Brown on January 5, 1931 in Ellis County, Oklahoma. She lived her early life with two sisters and three brothers in Higgins, Texas. She attended West Texas State Teachers College (now West Texas A & M University) majoring in elementary education.
Jean, as she was known to most people, married Gordon Luther Broyles on August 20, 1951 in Woodward, Oklahoma. Gordon was in the US Air Force when they married so they became a military family and continued to be a military family for 20 years. She and Gordon had five children over the years: Steven Dale, Debra Ann, David Gordon, Roberta Gail, and Valerie Ruth. At the time of her death she had six grandchildren, eleven great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.
Jean took her first paying job outside the home at Montgomery Wards in Hillcrest Heights Maryland in 1968. In 1971, she began working at the Sears Catalog Store in the Valley Hi Mall in San Antonio, Texas. She eventually transferred to the Ingram Park Mall Sears Store and worked there until she retired in 1986. While at Sears she worked as a salesclerk and in Customer Service.
In 1985 she began the Grandmother job, which she enjoyed immensely. Well, she LOVED being a Grammy!
Jean was a Christian and a lifelong Southern Baptist. Jean, Gordon, and family always found a church to call home after each military ordered move. Church family was a source of great comfort and help to the family and to Jean, especially in times when Gordon was deployed out of the country. She spent the last 23 years as a member of Village Parkway Baptist Church in San Antonio, Texas.
Wilma Jean was preceded in death by her parents, George and Edna Brown, three brothers and two sisters, her son Steve Broyles, a son-in-law, David Daniels and a grandson, Damon Cadiz.
Her surviving relatives are:
Husband – Gordon L. Broyles, married 68 years, 11 months, and 12 days.
Brother – Sam Brown and wife Jean of Spokane, Washington and numerous nieces and nephews.
Children - Debra Broyles of San Antonio, TX; David Broyles and wife Cherri of Ft Worth, TX; Roberta Gail Daniels of San Marcos, TX; and Valerie Harneck and husband Bill of Vadnais Heights, MN.
Grandchildren – Michell Nunnally of Ft Worth, TX; Danielle Schuh of Boise, ID; Derek Cadiz of Temecula, CA; Amanda Powell and husband Cody of Fridley, MN; Nicholas Harneck of Vadnais Heights, MN; and Jennifer Barrett and husband Mitchell of Glen Burnie, MD.
Great Grandchildren – Makenzie Dunkle and husband Eric; Bennett Nunnally of Ft Worth, TX; Anton Schuh of San Diego, CA; Kaden, Haley and Brooklyn Cadiz of Temecula, CA; Abigail and Corinne Powell of Fridley, MN; Mark, Karlee and Caleb Flachs of Glen Burnie, MD.
Great Great Grandchild – Wyatt Keene of Ft Worth, TX.
Visitation will be at Sunset Northwest Funeral Home on Bandera road on Tuesday, August 11, 2020 from 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. A funeral service will be conducted at 9:15 A.M. Wednesday, August 12, 2020 at Sunset Northwest Funeral Home with Pastor Steve Branson officiating. Private family interment to follow at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery.
