Ruby Aleta Brawner, 99, of Piggott died Thursday, Aug. 11, 2005, in Murphy Health and Rehabilitation Center in Piggott.

She was born June 7, 1906, in Greenway, the daughter of the late Monroe and Mae Davis Raymond.

She was united in marriage to Marvin Ulrich in January of 1944. He preceded her in death in July of 1970. She later married Ethridge Brawner in April of 1979. He also preceded her in death in April of 1996.

She was also preceded in death by two brothers and a sister-in-law, Herman Raymond and Truman Raymond and wife, Margaret, all of St. Charles, Mo.

She graduated from Piggott High School on May 15, 1930, and afterwards taught school in Clay County for 13 years. At the same time she attended college at Jonesboro during the summers until she had accumulated enough hours to equal two years of training. She accepted Christ as her Savior at a young age at Gravel Hill Methodist Church west of Greenway and at the time of her death was a member of First Baptist Church in Piggott.

She is survived by one sister, Edith Green of Piggott; one sister-in-law, Mereda Raymond of St. Charles, Mo.; one nephew, James Raymond and wife, Peggy, of Baldwin, Mo.; five nieces, Sandy Huff and husband, Jerry, of Independence, Kans., Joan Elder and husband, Eugene, of Maryland Heights, Mo., Barbara Gawedzinski and husband, Norbert, of Fenton, Mo., Linda Balestreri and husband, John, of Maryland Heights, Mo., and Evelyn Ulrich of Logansport, Ind.; one stepson, James Richard Brawner of Kooskia, Idaho; and many other relatives and friends.

Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 13, 2005, in the Hoggard and Sons Chapel with Dr. Shannon Holmes officiating. Burial followed in the Piggott Cemetery. Active pallbearers were Don Featherston, Jerry Huff, Norbert Gawedzinski, Jim Raymond, James Featherston, J.B. Featherston, Leland Gibson and Eugene Mann. Honorary pallbearers included James King and Harry Niewald Sr.

Hoggard and Sons Funeral Home of Piggott was in charge of the arrangements.