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 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 where she taught the “so-called experts” how it was done. 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 a fixture in Terlingua as both locals and tourists would pay their respects to the “Queen of Terlingua” when she was out and about. Her birthday parties became a local event where the majority of the community would attend to celebrate her and her life. And you’d better have had a good excuse for not being there –– or if you forgot to give Nita a hug she’d let you know she could still “take you outside and kick your butt.” Yet for all her ornery bravado Nita genuinely cared for her friends and neighbors and they loved her in return. Nita was definitely one of a kind and her presence will forever be missed.
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 partner, 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.