Deloris Virginia Brumley
May 22, 1942 April 15, 2020 Deloris Virginia “Tudy” Brumley, 77, died Wednesday, April 15, 2020, at her home in Powell, Mo.
She was born May 22, 1942, in Guymon, Okla., to Rusty and Doris Stebens
White. Her family moved to Lancaster, Calif., then to Stella, Mo., where she grew up on a farm. She graduated in 1960 from Stella High School and married Bob Brumley Sept. 18, 1960. She spent her time writing Christian romance novels, making pickles and jelly to sell with her mother at the Hill and Hollow Folk Festival, and painting. Her first book published in 1989. She also enjoyed gardening.
She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Robert.
She is survived by her husband Bob Brumley; children, Elaine Brumley-Johnson (Brad) of Rogers, Ark., Robert Bartlett Brumley II (Jane McLeod) of Ramstein, Germany, Betsy Brumley Bernier (Kevin) of Bella Vista, Ark.; four grandsons; her brothers, Dwayne White (Louise), Russell White (Cheryl); and sisters, Carmen Schell (Lonnie), Merlin White and Debbie Major (Marvin).
Funeral services will be held graveside at 11 a.m. Friday, May 8, 2020, at Fox Cemetery in Powell with Pastors J.R. and Tommy Burr officiating. The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. Thursday evening, May 7, in the Anderson Chapel of the Ozark Funeral Home.
Online condolences may be expressed at www.ozark funeralhome.com.
Ozark Funeral Home in Anderson, Mo., is in charge of arrangements.