Birdie Lee Brantley

Birdie Lee Johnston Brantley, 91, of Baytown, passed away Friday, September 14, 2018, at the San Jacinto Methodist Hospital.

Birdie was born September 25, 1926, in Lampasas, to parents; Kyle and Agnes Bird Johnston, a former resident of Ingram, and has resided in the Baytown are for the past 14 years.  Birdie and her husband owned and operated E. P. Brantley Asphalt and Paving, was a member of the Eastern Star, and Baptist by faith.  She also enjoyed hunting and fishing with her husband and cats.

Mrs. Brantley was preceded in death by her parents, husband:  Evan P. Brantley, sisters:  Kyleine Scales, Aubrey Searcy, Bertha Nell Lohec, and Margie Holifield, and brothers:  John Johnston and Boyd Johnston.  She is survived by her brother:  Walter “Leo” Johnston, her sweetheart:  Gerald Chapman, special friend:  Sheila Chapman, numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends.

The family will receive friends from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., Wednesday, at the Crespo & Jirrels Funeral Home Chapel.  Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, September 19, 2018, at the Crespo & Jirrels Funeral Home Chapel in Baytown with interment following at Grace Memorial Park in Santa Fe.

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