Mrs. Joe (Bonnie Galyean) Brumbelow was born November 26, 1933 in Old Ocean, TX. She passed away October 4, 2013. Her parents, who had moved from NE Mississippi to Texas, were Thomas Jefferson Galyean & Maude (Mincy) Galyean. She graduated from a one room schoolhouse, San Bernard School (out of Old Ocean), and West Columbia High School in 1950. She married a Baptist preacher, Joe E. Brumbelow, in 1951. Brother Joe was a graduate of Damon High School, University of Corpus Christi, and pastored churches in Old Ocean, Houston, Corpus Christi, Cypress, and Dawson, TX.


Bonnie and Joe had a very close, loving marriage. Bonnie was known for her singing, Sunday School teaching, general work in the church, cooking, and serving as an excellent mother and pastor's wife. Through the years many came to her for counsel. She raised three boys who now all serve as SBC pastors. She left her family an incredible legacy.


Bonnie wrote a Cookbook, Masterpieces From Our Kitchen, in 2004; it has gone through two printings of 1,000. A number of folks have said they reach for her Cookbook first when looking for a good recipe. She wrote a chapter in the book, The Wit and Wisdom of Pastor Joe Brumbelow (Foreword by John Hatch and endorsed by Adrian Rogers, Paige Patterson, Franklin Atkinson, and others). She was also influential in her son's book, Ancient Wine and the Bible: The Case for Abstinence. In 2011 she wrote an unpublished autobiography, Lest I Forget, that was given to a few family and friends. A later addition to this book included a number of family photos.


Through the years she ministered with her husband, and more recently taught Sunday School at First Baptist Church, Lake Jackson, TX.


Because of her personal faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, she is now absent from the body, but present with the Lord (2 Corinthians 5:8).


Bonnie is preceded in death by Husband Joe Brumbelow and still-born Daughter Donna Marie Brumbelow. Sisters: Marilyn Richardson, Ruth Hobbins, Edith Beaugh. Brothers: Jeff & John Galyean.

Bonnie is survived by 3 Sons: Steve and his wife Nelda of Willis, TX. David of Highlands, TX. Mark and his wife Cherry of Brazoria, TX.

Grandchildren: Amy and her husband Jim Wall of Kurten, TX.

Lori and her husband Brett Mosser of Cypress, TX. Daniel Brumbelow and his wife Amy of Sweeny, TX. Micah Brumbelow and his wife Sarah of Sweeny, TX. Jeremiah Brumbelow of Brazoria, TX.

Great Grandchildren: Courtney, Ashley, & Andrew Wall of Kurten. Taylor, Tori, & Trenna Mosser of Cypress. Hannah, & Abigail Brumbelow of Sweeny.

Sisters: Ruby Mickey, Delphia Jackson, Stella Kubecka.

"Adopted" Sons: Mike McReynolds of Wortham, TX; Benny Lau of Markham, Ontario, Canada.


The family will receive friends 6pm until 8pm Monday, October 7, 2013 at Lakewood Chapel. Funeral services will be 10am Tuesday, October 8, 2013 at the First Baptist Church of Lake Jackson with Chad Alexander and D.O. Foster officiating. Burial will be at Yelderman Cemetery, Damon, Texas.

Family may be contacted at P.O. Box 300, Lake Jackson, TX 77566.



Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live." -John 11:25



Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her. -Proverbs 31:28

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