Mary Ann Brumfield, of Round Rock, Texas and Gretna, Virginia died October 6, 2024 from complications of COVID. She was born October 19, 1944 in Gretna, Virginia to the late John William “Willie” Towler and Annie Lee Shelton.
She married Ralph Neil Brumfield of Gretna in 1967 and they moved to the Texas Gulf Coast. They lived in Port Arthur and Bridge City from 1967 until Hurricane Ike in 2008, when they moved to Round Rock, Texas to be closer to their grandchildren.
Mary Ann graduated from Gretna High School and from Radford College with a BA in Mathematics and English. She taught high school math in Altavista, VA; Port Arthur, TX; and Bridge City, TX. She served on the board of Bridge City Independent School District for ten years. She was a bookkeeper and an enrolled agent with the IRS and worked many years at Brown Properties in Orange, Texas, and in her private tax practice.
Mary Ann played piano and organ for several churches in the Gretna area and was an organist for Bridge City Christian Church for more than a decade.
Mary Ann loved visiting with family, friends, neighbors and passers-by. She enjoyed walks in the woods of her childhood farm and hikes in the deserts of West Texas. She was fair minded and meticulous, and loved working on a good spreadsheet. Most of all, she loved reading the news and drinking coffee each morning with Neil, her sweetheart of sixty-four years.
She is survived by her husband, Neil Brumfield; her son, Ben Brumfield and his wife Sara; and her granddaughters, Josephine and Octavia.
The visitation will be held from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. Friday, October 18, 2024 at Colbert-Moran Funeral Home of Gretna. The funeral will be at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, October 19, 2024 at Gretna Christian Church by Rev. R.G. Rowland and Lee Ashley, Minister. Burial will follow in Gretna Burial Park.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial donations be made to the Parkinson’s Foundation at http://www3.parkinson.org/goto/mary-ann-brumfield
Colbert-Moran Funeral Home, Gretna is assisting the family. Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.colbertmoran.com.
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