Person:Jerry Brightwell (1)

funeral services 2 p.m. Mark Twain School Gymnasium, Rueter, Missouri, Saturday, November 12. Masonic Rites at funeral. Visitation, November 11, 6 - 8 p.m. Forsyth Whelchel Funeral Chapel - info from News-Leader obituary.
Grandchildren mentioned in an obituary notice on ancestry.com are Alexis Fain, age 12, & Trynton Lee Brightwell, age 9. Which child of Jerry Brightwell is their father is not mentioned. (Jerry Lee Brightwell, of Protem, Mo. died early this morning, Nov. 9, 2005).

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Subject: Jerry Lee Brightwell, of Protem, Mo. died early this morning, Nov. 9, 2005
Author: Tracy Roddy Auten Hogan Brightwell
Date: 09 Nov 2005 4:47 AM GMT

Jerry Lee Brightwell, of Protem, Mo. died early this morning, Nov. 9, 2005 in a car accident at the age of 58.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Urey Samuel Brightwell & Eastile Clarkson of Protem, Mo.

He is survived by his wife, Virginia Kathleen Roberts Brightwell (55),
3 sons, Scotty Mitchel (34), Greggory Joe (23) & Brett Allen Brightwell (22)
2 grandchildren, Alexis Faith (12) & Trynton Lee Brightwell (9)
4 brothers, Sammy, Delmar, Donnie & Kenith Brightwell
and 2 sisters, Dorothy Brightwell Godwin & Kay Brightwell

News-Leader.com
True Ozarks
Published 11/11/05 Jerry Lee Brightwell
Mr. Jerry Lee Brightwell, 58, of Protem, Mo., died on Wed., Nov. 9, in Rueter, Mo. He was the owner/operator of J.L. Brightwell & Sons Excavating for 35 years. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. in the Mark Twain School Gymnasium in Rueter, Mo., on Sat., Nov. 12. Burial will be in Protem Cemetery, Protem, Mo., with Masonic Rites. Visitation will be today, Nov. 11, from 6 to 8 p.m. in Forsyth Whelchel Funeral Chapel.
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Correction - Re: Jerry Lee Brightwell, of Protem, Mo. died early this morning, Nov. 9, 2005
Author: Tracy Roddy Auten Hogan Brightwell Date: 14 Nov 2005 4:42 PM GMT
Classification: Death
In Reply to: Jerry Lee Brightwell, of Protem, Mo. died early this morning, Nov. 9, 2005 by: Tracy Roddy Auten Hogan Brightwell
2 granddaughters.. Riley & Alexis and 1 grandson, Trynton Lee

There are some errors in the obit but this is what was posted in the
Branson daily News:

http://www.bransondailynews.com/articles/2005/11/12/obituaries/obit01.txt

JERRY BRIGHTWELL

Funeral services for Jerry Lee Brightwell, 58, of Protem, will be held
at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, 2005, at the Mark Twain School gymnasium
in Rueter. Burial, with Masonic rites, will be at Protem Cemetery. He
died Nov. 9, 2005, in Rueter.

Mr. Brightwell was born in Protem, the son of Urey and Eastle
Brightwell. He owned J.L. Brightwell & Sons Excavating for three years, and was
president and member of the Mark Twain School Board for 15 years. He
was a member of the International Brotherhood of Freewill Masons, of
which he was a Past Master at Sampson Lodge #298. He and his wife, Kathy,
were married in Modesto, Calif., 37 years ago.

Surviving are his wife, of the home; three sons, Scott Brightwell and
wife Holly, of Raeford, N.C., Gregg Brightwell, of Independence, Kan.,
and Brett Brightwell and wife Jessica, of Kissee Mills; one
granddaughter, Riley; four brothers, Sam Brightwell, of Springer, Okla., Delmar
Brightwell, of Ft. Worth, Texas, Donnie Brightwell, of Protem, and Kenneth
Brightwell, of Springer, Okla.; and two sisters, Dorothy Godwin, of
Branson, and Kay Brightwell, of Forsyth.

He was preceded in death by his parents.
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wife: Miss Roberts