Emma Ruth Braziel Etienne, 71, a native of Port Arthur Texas departed this life on January 6, 2018. She attended Lincoln High School Class of 1965. She was employed at Bethlehem Steel and Port Arthur ISD. She was a member of First Sixth Street M.B.C.

She leaves in her memories four children, Glenn Etienne, Yolanda Laday, Jacqueline Coleman, and Thelma Braziel; brother, Benjamin Braziel and sister, Brenda Faye Braziel; six grandchildren and five great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be under the direction of Gabriel Funeral Home. Service time 11am at First Sixth Street M.B.C. with her viewing from 9am-11am. Burial will follow at Live Oak Cemetery under the direction of Gabriel Funeral Home.