Keith Brinley

Think about that guy you know - the one who can never sit still, who is always doing something. Or, the guy you call, the one who will drop everything he’s doing and at a moment’s notice will be there, no matter what, no matter when. And then there’s the guy that can’t just walk in a room, the one who does not know how to whisper, and never quite managed to master that “inside voice”. Well, roll all that into one truly unique and un-forgettable guy - a really good guy. Keith Brinley, who made so many “memorable moments” in so many lives, he will be remembered by family and friends in a memorial service this Wednesday, December 1st, 2010 at 2 pm, at the First United Methodist Church in Pauls Valley, OK. Keith graduated from Pauls Valley High School, attended Central State University, and was honorably discharged from the United States Army. Keith spent years searching for his place in this world, oilfields, managing an apartment complex, and building tires at Uniroyal in Oklahoma City, in 1977 he returned to Pauls Valley and worked for his father in the Garvin County Savings and Loan, then finally found his true calling when he went to work with his mother in the Garvin County Abstract Company. He met and married Cathy in 1978. They bought the abstract company from Lucille and spent 16 years working together, before selling the company in 1999. Keith really enjoyed the next 10 years buying and remodeling houses in Pauls Valley, he loved serving on the Pauls Valley City Council, the fellowship of the Fisher’s of Men in Wynnewood every Wednesday morning, but he felt his greatest achievement was being the best grandfather in the world. The people whose lives he touched from Arbuckle Lake, to the shores of Hilton Head Island, and especially, those in this community, are really going to miss the guy that zipped around town on that little red scooter. Born on January 14, 1946, Keith Brinley passed away on Saturday, November 27th, 2010. Keith is survived by his wife, Cathy, their son Scott and his wife Becki, their children Devon Posey, and Tyler Brinley, of Alger, Michigan; by his father Ray Keith Brinley and his wife Ellen of Pauls Valley; by his older sister Cheryl Kennedy and family of Yukon, OK; his younger brother Steve Brinley and his family of Croton on Hudson, NY. He is also survived by the family he always considered really his, not just Cathy’s family, and never just the “in-laws”; his sisters in law: Nancy and her husband Sam Trent of Houston, TX, Marieta and John Hobbs of Augusta, GA, and his brother-in-law Carl Blankenship and his wife Delma of Sunnyvale, CA, and their families, and his mother in law, Marie Blankenship. Keith was preceded in death by his daughter, Amanda; his mother, Lucille Laster Brinley; his father in law, Lawrence Blankenship; and his grandmother, Marie Keith Brinley Tipton Bowman. Services are under the direction of Wooster Funeral Home. You may send a condolence to the family at www.woosterfuneralhomes.com. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Mt. Olivet Cemetery Arbor Fund, c/o the Pauls Valley National Bank, 101 W. Paul, Pauls Valley or Wooster Funeral Home, P. O. Box 1338, Pauls Valley, OK 73075. The funds will be used to construct an arbor for the use of all families at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.

Keith Brinley

January 14, 1946 - November 27, 2010