Jean Brinkley Andress went to be with her Lord and Savior Saturday, July 28, 2012, in Semmes, Alabama. Jean was born May 22, 1929, to Rev. Reuben and Vera Brinkley. She was a 1946 graduate of El Dorado High School and lived in El Dorado, Luling, Louisiana and Semmes, Alabama. Jean was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, J.K. (Jake) Andress, her sister, Kathaleen B. Robertson, her brother, Reuben Brinkley, and her mother and father-in-law, E.L. and Pauline Andress. She is survived by her daughter, Jana Snowden (Gerald), her son, John (Lori), granddaughters, Nicole Schlaudecker, Deborah Snowden, Brandi Hoffman (Phil), great-grandchildren, Gabriella, Isabella, Jake and Landon Hoffman, her sister-in-law, Betty Ballard, nieces Cecile Means (Bobby), Camille Helms, Jean Ann Foster (Paul), her nephews, Bill Ballard (Camilla), David Brinkley (Mary) and Tim Ballard (Elizabeth). Great-nieces Christen Hubbard, Jennifer Kirkley (Chad), and Megara Ward (Justin), great-nephews Justin Foster and Sam Ballard, great-great nieces Madison and Kyndal Kirkley, Austin Ward and great-great nephews Triston Kirkley and Dylan Ward.

Visitation will be Thursday, August 2 from 12:00p.m. -2:00 p.m. at Perry's Funeral Chapels, El Dorado, Arkansas. Funeral services will be held Thursday, August 2 at 2:00pm with Rev. Ben Wasson officiating at Perry's Funeral Chapels. Burial will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery.