Grace Margarete Cozad Brent

October 15, 1929 - July 17, 2016

Grace Margarete Cozad Brent, resident of Nederland, TX, passed away on Sunday, July 17, 2016 at age 86.

She was a loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother, daughter and sister; who cared for her mother and sister until they passed.  She loved God, her family and she was a member of the Church of Christ.  Grace had an adventurous spirit and loved to travel.  She was always involved in her family’s lives and spent her life giving unconditional love.

Grace was born in Franklin, Pennsylvania, in 1929.  She attended Port Arthur schools and graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1947 and Port Arthur Business College. Grace was employed at Neches Butane Products Co., Port Arthur Chamber of Commerce, and retired from Texaco Research Labs in 1994, with 26 years of service. She was a resident of Port Neches and Nederland since 1952.

Grace was preceded in death by her parents Mr. & Mrs. W. K. Cozad, Sr.; three brothers, W. K Cozad, Jr., Mark E. Cozad, Fred D. Cozad; a sister, Leona Cozad Howard and husband, James; a sister-in-law, Irma Cozad; a niece, Pamela Buford and a nephew, Robert Howard.

She is survived by her son, Fred Brent of Houston, TX; three daughters, Cathy Hudson and husband, Michael of Clear Lake, TX; Barbara LeBlanc and husband, Roy of Denham Springs, LA, and Linda Matlock and husband, Glenn of Nederland, TX; nine grandchildren, Jason and Sarah Brent, Michael and Karen Brent, John and Sherry Matlock, Steven and Holly Matlock, David and Katie Brent, Nicole and Seth Dougherty, Benjamin LeBlanc, Bryan Brent, and fourteen great grandchildren; a brother, James Cozad of Port Arthur, TX; a sister, Patricia Cousins of Danville, VA; three sister-in-laws, Marjorie Cozad of Orange, TX, Melva Cozad of Port Neches, TX, and Shirley Cozad of Groves, TX, and many nieces and nephews.

Visitation will be 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM on Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at Clayton Thompson Funeral Home in Groves, TX. Funeral services will be 2:00 PM on Wednesday, July 20, 2016 at the funeral home, with burial to follow at Oak Bluff Memorial Cemetery in Port Neches, TX.

Serving as pallbearers will be her grandsons: Jason Brent, Michael Brent, John Matlock, Steven Matlock, David Brent, Benjamin LeBlanc, Seth Dougherty, Bryan Brent, and granddaughter, Nicole Dougherty as honorary pallbearer.

In lieu of flowers; donations may be made to Disabled Veterans or The Humane Society in the loving memory of Grace Brent.