Journaling reads:
Eloise Ernestine Bray
20 July 1925 Broken Bow, Oklahoma
17 Oct 2006, Texarkana, Texas
Eloise was my 2nd cousin her grandfather and my grandpa were half-brothers, although I suspect that word “half” never passed Grandpa’s lips. Family is family, never mind how you got them. Grandpa was 26 years younger than Nassie and 3rd from the last of 21 children.
Eloise was the oldest of the Bray children. She grew up with 3 brothers and from what I’ve heard could give back as good as she got. But she could also be sweet and feminine, a pillar of the community, and loved everything artistic and craftsy.
However, as sweet as she could be one minute, the next she could be terrifying. As the pictures at left show, she could change rather quickly, and the thunder would begin to roll. When people saw this last face, everyone ran and hid. She could praise you and make you feel on top of the world one minute and flay you alive the next.
I met her 4 Jul 2002. She was a joy to meet and get to know!
