04/21/2025
Brenda Kaye Nixon Standley, born November 13, 1952, in Center, Texas, passed away peacefully on April 20, 2025, after spending 14 days in ICU. She was the daughter of Melvin Eugene Nixon and Mary Joy Ryans Nixon. Brenda lived a life devoted to her family and loved watching her grand babies grow up. She was the most generous, caring, kindest person you would have ever met; she would give, give, and give and would rather do without to give more. If ever a person deserves to have a golden ticket to heaven, she would definitely have one. Brenda’s memory will live on in the hearts of all who knew her.
Brenda grew up in the Devils Pocket area and attended Deweyville High School. Married her high school sweetheart for 53 years; whom she had met at the phone booth at (use to be) Nick’s Cafe there in Deweyville. They had one son, Jeff, who gave her 4 sweet grand babies and a special nephew that she took custody of when he was 15 whom she considered as her second son whom provided her with two more sweet grand babies.
Brenda was a hard working individual. She worked at the frosty in Deweyville earning $.75 an hour to be able to buy furnishings for her nursery of soon to be son. Her first home was a new two bedroom mobile home 53 foot long where she lived with her husband in Starks, Louisiana. They moved the mobile home to a lot they bought in Orangefield where they lived for a few years and later sold it and bought a two bedroom brick home in Bridge City. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Bridge City where she talked pre-kindergarten and Sunday school. She went to Lamar University in Beaumont. She later moved with her family to Parachute, Colorado, where she live for 10 years. There she worked at a convenience store and later a bank in Glenwood Springs and then the property manager over battlement Mesa modular homes and apartments. She then moved with her family back to Louisiana in Sulphur. There she worked for Westlake Polymer group. She later moved with her husband to Saudi Arabia, where she worked at an expat school. After about 10 years, she moved with her husband, back to Sulphur Louisiana; there she went to work for Sweet Lake Land and Oil company. She moved again with her husband to Pasadena, Texas and went to work for Chevron downtown Houston. She retired from Chevron 2016 and her husband retired a few months later where they lived a comfortable and relaxing retirement in Deer Park Texas.
Brenda vacationed abroad in Hawaii, Dubai, Amsterdam, but mostly in the United States. She enjoyed multiple cruises to the Caribbean. She enjoyed renting homes in Galveston and Crystal beaches and having the kids and grandkids come. In her younger years she enjoyed going camping (in a tent) in local areas such as lake Rayburn, Dam-B, and numerous beaches. She owned a dirt bike; her and her husband and son would take adventures into the unknown. She took a couple of vacation trips traveling through Colorado. Her favorite memories probably came from the lake house they had purchased at Bailey Bluff on Toledo Bend where the kids and grandkids would come and visit.
Brenda was preceded in death by her brother, Johnny Nixon, twin sister, Linda Nixon, and parents, Melvin and Mary Joy Nixon.
Brenda is survived by:
Husband, Herbert Standley and her sweet Bella (Yorkie)
Son, Jeffrey Standley and his wife Denise
Grandchildren: Seth, Isaac, Noah, Cecilia
Son, Jeremy Ashcraft and his wife, Ginger
Grandchildren, Evia and Eloise
Sisters:
Mary Jane and husband Morris Sanders
Sandria Whitten
Five nephews and their families.
A graveside service honoring Brenda will be held at Jackson Cemetery near Joaquin, Texas, Tuesday at 1pm April 22, 2025.
Online condolences and tributes can be sent at www.watsonandsonsfuneralhome.com
