NEALIE WOODSON BRIGGS
Nealie Woodson Briggs, 89, of Memphis, Texas, passed away on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025, in Memphis.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 19, 2025, at the Memphis Church of Christ with Mariland Sims and Woodrow Richardson officiating. Burial will follow at Fairview Cemetery in Memphis. Viewing took place on Thursday, Sept. 18 at the funeral home. Arrangements are under the care of Robertson Funeral Directors of Memphis.
Nealie was born on April 5, 1936, in Nacogdoches, Texas, to Lenex and Nellie Minnfee Woodson. She lived in Tulia, Texas, before moving to Wellington, Texas, where she graduated from Booker T. Washington High School in 1953. In 1954, she made her home in Memphis.
Devoted to serving others, Nealie pursued a career in nursing. She earned her associate degree from Clarendon College in May 1982, another associate’s degree from Amarillo College in May 1983, and later, a bachelor’s degree in nursing from West Texas A&M University in August 1986. Over the years, she worked at Pounds Café, the hospitals in Memphis and Wellington, Memphis Convalescent Center and Road Runner Health Care.
Nealie was deeply involved in her community. She served for many years on the Morningside School Reunion Committee, was a faithful member of the Morningside Church of Christ and was honored as Grand Marshal of the 2015 Morningside Reunion Parade.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Otha Briggs; her children, Vernon Busby and Sabrina Busby; and her siblings, Willie Woodson, Vallie Veal, Loyce Woodson, Joyce Woodson and Lynx Minnfee.
Those left to cherish her memory include her children, Roger Dale Briggs, of Beaumont,Texas, and Carolyn McIntosh and husband Charles, of Memphis; her daughter-in-law, Rosemary Busby, of Memphis; her sister-in-law, Joann Minnfee, of San Antonio, Texas; her grandchildren, Nadria Busby and husband Henry, of Copperas Cove, Texas, Kedrick Monson and wife Kana, of San Antonio, Nicolas McFalls, of Copperas Cove, Mercedes McIntosh, of Memphis, Porsche McIntosh, of Amarillo, Texas, and Trae Busby, of Memphis; her great-grandchildren, Tren Brown, of Killeen, Texas, Nikko Monson, of San Antonio, Mylah Ballard, of Amarillo, and Jaron Monson, of San Antonio; and her great-great-grandchildren, LaCamylia Abor, Casmyria Abor and C.L. Abor, all of Killeen.
Nealie’s life was defined by her dedication to her family, her community and her faith, and her memory will be cherished by all who knew her.
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