Brenda Jean Tunnell passed away April 15, 2025. She was born July 22, 1947 in Shawnee, OK to George Stanley “Buster” and Eula (Harper) Beal. She was raised in Tecumseh, and graduated from Tecumseh High School. After high school she attended Shawnee Beauty College. Brenda married Grover D. “Wayne” Cleveland Sr. in Shawnee, on Mar. 27, 1965. She later married Ray Tunnell. She was employed as an N.T.M.C. provider.
Brenda is preceded in death by; her parents; husbands, Grover Cleveland, Sr; and Ray Tunnell; her sisters, Bonny O’Neal, and Vickie Beal (Shorter).
Those left to cherish her memory are; son Grover D. Cleveland, Jr. of Tecumseh; niece Tammy Shorter of Tecumseh; nephew, Arley “Opie” Shorter and wife Shawn, of Shawnee; niece, Laquita Matthews of Tecumseh; nephew, Rick O’Neal of Tecumseh; and other extended family and friends.
Services were held April 23, 2025 at Tecumseh First Assembly of God Church with Pastor Don Jonker officiating. Burial followed at Tecumseh Cemetery under the direction of Cooper Funeral Home of Tecumseh.
