Amber Breezee, age 80 of Cottondale, passed away Sunday, December 11, 2011 in the North Okaloosa Medical Center in Crestview. Mrs. Breezee was born March 1, 1931 in Pansy, Alabama to the late Harvey A. and Annie Pearl (Cobb) Vinson and had been a resident of Cottondale for the past 55 years. She was a former horticulturist, a published poet and member of the Famous Poets Society. In 1997, she was awarded the Outstanding Achievement in Poetry Award presented by the National Library of Poetry. She was also a member of the First Assembly Of God Church in Cottondale. In addition to her parents, she is predeceased by her husband, James Breezee and a brother, Euger Vinson. Survivors include: three sons, James Crawford Burdeshaw of Marianna, Billy Joe Burdeshaw and wife, Susana of Atlanta and Roger Ted Burdeshaw of Orlando, Fla.; three daughters,
Merita Jean Herscovici and husband Andre of New Bern, North Carolina, Esther Sherrill McArdle of Crestview, Fla. and Melissa Renee Pringle of Albany, Ga.; two brothers, Paul Vinson of Headland, Ala. and Jerome Vinson of Midland City, Ala; three sisters, Colleen Henley of Cantonement, Fla., Betty Sue Andrews of Ashford, Ala and Sarah Jones of Dothan, Ala.; eleven grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Friday, December 16, 2011 at 2:00 P.M. at Brown Funeral Home, Main St. Chapel with the Rev. James Lamb officiating. The family will receive friends one hour prior to services. Interment will follow in Cottondale Baptist Cemetery.