Myrtle (Snooksie) Leigh Brantley McElhaney Dunn

June 15, 2012

Myrtle (Snooksie) Leigh Brantley McElhaney Dunn, of Loxley, formerly of Atmore,  passed away Wednesday June 13, 2012. She was born in Canoe on May 13, 1923. She graduated from Monroe County High School in 1942. She worked at Brookley Field during WWII and retired in 1985 from Vanity Fair after 37 years of service.

Her first husband of 10 years Andrew Lee McElhaney was killed in a work related accident in 1960. Her second husband of 44 yrs, John Willard Dunn died in 2008.

Also preceding her in death were her parents, Thomas F. and Martha (McCorkel) Brantley; all of her brothers and sisters and their spouses, William F. (Myra) Brantley, Janie (Dave) Womack, Carey (Mittie) Brantley, Katie (Otto) Biggs, Susie Nell (M.L.) Davis, Lucille (Adrain) Summerlin, Edward E. (Martha) Brantley.

Although she had no biological descendents her nieces and nephews were her children.

She is survived by Betty Davis of Loxley,Al. W.Clyde (Marsha) Brantley of Mobile, Bobby L. (Pattie) Brantley of Tallahassee, Franklin Buddy (Frances) Biggs of Atmore,  Thomas L. Biggs of Washington D.C., many more nieces and nephews, great nieces and nephews and a host of cousins.

Services will be Saturday June 16, 2012, at 2 p.m. from the Pine Level Primitive Baptist Church, with Elder Eugene Freeland officiating. Interment will follow in the Church Cemetery.

Active Pallbearers will be, Clyde Brantley, Bobby Brantley, Bill Brantley, Lennie Brantley, Joe Brantley and Betty Davis.

Family will receive friends, Friday evening June 15, 2012, at Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home from 6-8 p.m.

Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home is in charge of all arrangements.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under Obituaries