Nita Brashear

Nita Brashear, age 94, of Terlingua, formerly of Moody, passed away Thursday, August 22, 2024. A graveside service and interment will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, September 5, 2024, at Moody Cemetery with Robert Leathers officiating. 

Nita was born September 5, 1929, to Hershel and Lucille Lasly in McLennan County. She attended Moody schools. She worked at the Texas A & M Agrilife Research Center in McGregor for several years until her retirement. She was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother who loved her family dearly. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. Nita not only enjoyed life; she cherished and embraced it! A longtime resident of Moody, Texas, in her later years Nita relocated to Terlingua where she continued to enjoy an active and fulfilling life and was the recipient of the Big Bend Chamber of Commerce 2022 Pioneer Award. 

Nita was preceded in death by her parents, Hershel and Lucille Lasly; husband, William Sylvester “Silver” Brashear; son, Ronald Curtis Lasly; daughter Deborah Lynn Dowell; grandson Landy Dowell; and sisters, Gracie Lavenia (Beans) Vandiver and Delores Guest. 

She is survived by her special friend Ray Masseau; daughter-in-law Ramona Lasly; grandchildren, Ronald Lasly, Jr.; Shayne Dowell and wife, Priscilla; Chad Dowell and wife, Jennifer; several great-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews, and a multitude of friends.