Submitted by

Barbara (Caddell) Fox

The Daily Democrat
Marlin, Texas
Monday, June 22, 1942

Father Of Otto Woman Expires At Gatesville

     W. T. Brackeen, 84, died early Monday morning at the of his son and daughter in Gatesville.  Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 4 o’clock at Criswell, with burial in the Criswell cemetery.

     He is survived by three children, Miss Myrtle Brackeen of Gatesville, Mrs. Delphia Hall of Otto, rt. 2, and Rayburn Brackeen of Gatesville.

     He was born in Limestone county, Alabama, but has been a resident of Texas for sixty years, living most of the time in Ellis and Johnson counties.



(Rayburn Brackeen should be Rabun Brackeen; and his full name was William Thomas Brackeen -bcf)