He was a member of First Assembly of God in Lepanto and was a founding member of the Southern Missouri Basketball League. He was preceded in death by his parents Lowell and Ida Brittain.
Survivors include his wife, Anna Brittain of the home; two sons, Jamie Brittain and Jerry Brittain of Jonesboro; step-son, Rick Rodgers of Collierville, Tenn.; two step-daughters, Anita Adams of Chattanooga, Tenn., Linda Mallory of Marion; two sisters, Wilma Faye Buchannon of Gideon, Mo., Carolyn Reeves of Conway; and 14 grandchildren.
Funeral services were on Friday, March 7 at Murphy Funeral Home in Lepanto. Burial followed in Stanfield Cemetery in Clarkton, Mo.
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