St. Clair County Obits

JEWELL ELIZABETH GREENWELL

St. Clair Courier
23 December 2005
Jewell Elizabeth Bray was born October 16, 1910 to Arthur and Jesse Bray.
Jewell married Lawrence Greenwell at the age of 19 on November 8, 1929. To this union three girls and three boys were born.
Jewell was baptized as a young girl in Muddy Creek and was a member of Shady Grove Church. After marriage she was a faithful member of Park Grove Christian.
Jewell was preceded in death by her parents, Arthur and Jesse Bray; one son, Wayne Greenwell; one daughter-in-law, Jean Greenwell; two sons-in-law, Jay Goans and Nick Goss; two grandsons, Jackie Goans and Jess Greenwell; one infant granddaughter, Bette Ray Perriman; three brothers, Alfred, Everett and Carl; two sisters, Annis Shepherd and Eula Holmes.
She is survived by her three brothers, Harold, Salem, Ore., Herbie, Clinton and Arnold Bray, Holden; five sisters, Thelma Hubbard and Wilma Atkins of Lowry City, Mildred Goans of Lawrence, Kan., Nellie Cooper and Loretta Bray, California; two sister-in-laws, Wilda Bray, Raytown and Martha Bray, DeSoto, Kans.; three daughters, Wanda Goans and Brenda and her husband Kelly Simmons, Clinton and Rosetta Goss, Osawattomie, Kans.; two sons, Raymond and his wife Zella, Corsicana, Texas, and Bill and his wife Deanie, Lowry City; seven granddaughters, 12 grandsons, 29 great grandchildren, 16 great-great grandchildren, numerous nieces and nephews and a host of friends.
Jewell baby sat with a lot of different children and they each lovingly called her grandma Jewell.