JB Brackett
SUMMERFIELD - Mr. J.B. Brackett, 93, of 5242 Creed
Drive, formerly of Ball Park Road, Lawndale, passed away Thursday, Oct.
16, 2008, at Maryfield Nursing Home in High Point.
He was born Nov. 20, 1914 in Rutherford County, son of the late William
Sherman Brackett and Sadie McNeilly Brackett. He was owner and operator
of Brackett Supply Company. Mr. Brackett was a former Lawndale Boy Scout
Master, member of the Lawndale Lions Club, president of Piedmont PTA,
Hospice volunteer and the Lawndale Quartet. He was a member of the First
United Methodist Church of Lawndale where he served as former Sunday
school superintendent, Sunday school teacher for the Weaver Sunshine
Class for more than 30 years, and a certified lay speaker. He also
served in the NC State Guard.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his two
brothers, Ruffin Brackett and Alston Brackett; and two sisters, Leona
Wease and Eva Towery.
Survivors include his wife, Blanche Elizabeth Lane Brackett; son and
daughter-in-law, Douglas and Patricia Brackett of Kernersville; daughter
and son-in-law, Diana and Jeffrey Tedrick of Summerfield; three
grandchildren, Peter Brackett and wife, Shonna, Samuel Brackett and
wife, Gretchen, and Hope Halso and husband, Matt; and five
great-grandchildren.
Funeral: Sunday, Oct. 19, 3 p.m., Rose Hill Memorial Park Mausoleum
Chapel
Visitation: The family will receive friends Sunday, 2:15 to 3 p.m., at
the chapel.
Entombment: Rose Hill Memorial Park Mausoleum
Officiated by: The Revs. Jim Brackett and Bryant Wilbourne
Memorials: First United Methodist Church of Lawndale, P.O. Box 23,
Lawndale, NC 28090; Maryfield Nursing Home, 1315 Greensboro Road, High
Point, NC 27260
Funeral home: Stamey Funeral Home
