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Estalee Keenon Brinkley

5 Nov 1922 – 12 Aug 2011

Birth	5 Nov 1922
Death	12 Aug 2011
Cemetery	Sunset Memorial Gardens Lawton , Comanche County , Oklahoma , USA
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74876876

Bio

Estalee Brinkley, 88, Lawton OK, died Aug. 12, 2011, in a Lawton care center. Mrs. Brinkley was born Nov. 5, 1922, in Tishomingo OK to Vardie and Lucy (Neely) Keenon. She grew up near Fletcher OK and married Johnnie Dalton Brinkley on Jan. 31, 1939, in Sterling OK. She was primarily a homemaker, but during World War II worked as a "Rosie the Riveter" making radiators for airplanes. She had been a Lawton resident since 1945. She enjoyed sewing, knitting, crocheting, and needlepoint and was an avid reader. Mrs. Brinkley had been a member of the Square Toppers square dance club and was a past secretary-treasurer for the South Central District. She was a member of Trinity Baptist Church. Survivors include her daughters Linda Brinkley of Burkburnett TX, and Donna and husband Nick Durbin of Lawton; son John and wife Nancy Brinkley of Lawton; 9 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; and 3 great-great-grandchildren; brother Lavern and wife Maxine Keenon of El Reno OK; and several nieces and nephews. Her husband preceded her in death on Sept. 10, 1980. Her son Gerald Wayne Brinkley, brother Delbert Keenon, and sister Margaret Beth Shawn also preceded her in death. (Obituary from Becker Funeral Home, Lawton OK)

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Family

Parents

• Vardie Lee Keenon 1897–1975
• Lucy Ellen Neely Keenon 1902–1991

Spouse

• Johnnie Dalton Brinkley 1915–1980 FaG

Siblings

• Vardie Lavern Keenon 1926–2017
• Margaret Elizabeth Keenon Shawn 1928–2007

Children

• Linda Kay Brinkley 1948–2013 FaG
• Gerald Wayne Brinkley 1950–2007 FaG

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