OBITUARY NAME: SARAH "BOOTS" "LIZ" ELIZABETH (EVANS) BREWER, AGE 80, A RESIDENT OF HARLINGEN, TX FORMERLY OF ATOKA. BORN: SHE WAS BORN ON APRIL 1, 1928 IN ATOKA, OK. WILLARD WILLIAM AND ALBERTA (CHITWOOD) EVANS PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2008 AT HARLINGEN, TX. AGE: 80 YEARS 6 MONTHS 19 DAYS EDUCATION: BOOTS ATTENDED SCHOOL THROUGH THE EIGHTH GRADE, LEAVING SCHOOL TO HELP ON THE FAMILY FARM. AT AGE 48, SHE ENROLLED IN EL CENTRO COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN DALLAS, ULTIMATELY GRADUATING FROM SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY WITH A B.S. IN EDUCATION. MARRIED: SHE MARRIED JAMES ADRIAN BREWER IN 1952 IN HOUSTON, TX OCCUPATION: LIZ WORKED AS A TEACHER. CHURCH AFFILIATION AND HOBBIES: LIZ WAS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, HARLINGEN, TX. SHE WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR HER UNEXPECTED SAYINGS, CALLED "GRANNY-ISMS" SUCH AS "I JUST HATE IT WHEN PEOPLE MAKE ME SIN!" AND "I AIN'T AFRAID OF NO ENGLISH TEACHER." SHE WAS KNOWN FOR HER SENSE OF HUMOR, HER GENTLE SPIRIT, KIND HEART, HUMILITY BEFORE THE LORD AND FOR LOVING HER FAMILY TO A FAULT. SHE CAME FROM ALONG LINE OF "GOOD STOCK", AND HER FAMILY IS PROUD OF THE HERITAGE PASSED DOWN THROUGH THEIR GRANNY. SURVIVED BY: DAUGHTER: MARY LEAH HODGE AND HUSBAND BRUCE OF HARLINGEN, TX GRANDDAUGHTERS: SARAH ELAINE HULINGS AND HUSBAND JOSH OF HARLINGEN, TX HALEY KATHLEEN "KATIE" HODGE OF HARLINGEN, TX BROTHERS: WILLARD EVANS OF ATOKA, OK WINFRED EVANS OF ATOKA, OK SISTERS: SUSAN BLAIR, MAXINE HEAD, GERALDEAN LAYTON, JOYCE LAYTON AND LOIS EVANS ALL OF ATOKA COUNTY, OK LOVING CARE GIVER: ROSAURA GARCIA ALONG WITH NUMEROUS NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS AND OTHER RELATIVES AND MANY VERY DEAR AND LOVED FRIENDS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: W.W. AND ALBERTA EVANS HUSBAND: JAMES A BREWER BROTHERS: CHARLES, ED, WALTER (BUD), INFANT ALONZO EVANS SISTER: KATHERINE EVANS ********************************************************************************************************************* DATE OF SERVICE: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2008 AT 2:00 PM PLACE OF SERVICE: COALGATE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH PLACE OF BURIAL: FARRIS CEMETERY OFFICATING: BRO LARRY ROSE ASSISTING: CASKETBEARERS: JOSHUA HULINGS, WAYNE HEAD, DWAINE EVANS, BRANDON BATES, WALTER WINTER, JOSHUA ROSE HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: TOBY EVANS, SHANE WINTER, JEREMY ROSE, JASON ROSE, WESLEY WINTER FRIENDS AND FAMILY NIGHT, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 6~8 CONDOLENCES MAY BE SENT TO THE FAMILY BY EMAIL TO: BROWNS@ATOKA.NET. PLEASE REFERENCE THE NAME OF THE DECEASED IN YOUR CORRESPONDENCE. SERVICES UNDER THE DIRECTION OF BROWN'S FUNERAL SERVICE - ATOKA, OK