Pickering Funeral Home

When I come to the end of the day

And the sun has set for me
I want no rites in a gloom-filled room.
Why cry for a soul set free?

Miss me a little, but not too long
And not with your head bowed low.
Remember the love that we once shared-
Miss me, but let me go.

For this is a journey we all must take
And each must go alone.
It’s all a part of the Maker’s plan,
A step on the road to home.

When you are lonely and sick at heart
Go to the friends we know
And bury your sorrows in doing good deeds-

Miss me, but let me go.

   Frances Lucille Brashear, 86, of Columbia, formerly of Mexico, died at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 13, 2002, at her home in Columbia.
   Funeral services will be held on Monday, Dec. 16, at 2 p.m. at Pickering Funeral Home, with Rev. Randall Sawyer officiating. Visitation will be from 5 until 7 p.m. on Sunday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery.
   Mrs. Brashear was born Feb. 6, 1916, in Paris, Mo., a daughter of Benjamin Franklin and Vessie (Whittaker) Terrell.
   On Feb. 3, 1934, in Mexico, she married Lindell Elliott. Mr. Elliott died Sept. 11, 1983. On June 25, 1988 she married John Brashear. Mr. Brashear survives at the home in Columbia.
   Mrs. Brashear had worked for Florsheim Shoe Company. She was a member of the First Christian Church of Mexico.
   In addition to her husband, she is survived by a son, Warren F. Elliott and his wife Pat, of Columbia; two grandchildren, Mrs. Rebecca Hay and husband John of Columbia and Mrs. Dianne Lawrence and husband Jeff of Sikeston; two great grandchildren, Kelsey and Sarah Lawrence of Sikeston.
   In addition to her first husband, two sisters, Betty Jane Henderson and Virginia Avery, preceded her in death.
   Memorials may be made to First Christian Church 307 W. Jackson, Mexico, MO 65265