Obituary

Funeral services for Billie Claire Browning, 79, of Plainview will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, April 9, 2009, at First Baptist Church Chapel with the Rev. Kenneth Coates and Dr. Travis Hart officiating. Burial will be in Plainview Memorial Park under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 6:30-8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. She died Sunday, April 5, 2009, at Lubbock Heart Hospital. She was born Oct. 17, 1929, in Wichita Falls, Texas, to Bill and Lillian Mason. She married Thomas N. Browning on Aug. 30, 1951, in Crystal City, Texas. He died Aug. 27, 2008. She graduated as valedictorian at Snyder High School in 1947. She graduated from Baylor in 1951. She was a life member of Texas PTA and Gamma Delphin Study Club. She was a past member of Jr. League in Plainview, a member of Chapter B.L. PEO Sisterhood and was active in the Ladies Sunday School Class at First Baptist Church. Survivors include two sons, Hollis Browning with wife, Su-san, of Plain-view and Bill Browning with wife, Jodi, of Waco, Texas; one daughter, Elizabeth Devereaux with husband, U.S. Air Force Brigadier General Richard T. of San Antonio; one brother, Jeane Browning with wife, Barbara, of Plainview; and nine grandchildren, Holly Browning, Robbie Browning, Mason Browning and Will Browning, all of Plainview, Amy Browning of Dallas, Mary Beth Browning of San Antonio, Dylan Layne of Waco, Angela Devereaux of Washington, D.C., Keith Devereaux of Syracuse N.Y., and Danny Devereaux of Wilmington, N.C. She was preceded in death by an infant son, John Lee Browning; her parents; and her husband. Memorial contributions may be made to a favorite charity. Online condolences may be made at [email protected]