Ouachita-Caldwell-LaSalle County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....BRATTON, BENNY DALE January 29, 2010
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News Star World - January 30, 2010
BENNY DALE BRATTON
Riser Funeral Home

Columbia, LA.

Funeral services for Benny Dale Bratton, age 71, of Olla and formerly of 
Columbia will be held at 2:00 PM Sunday, January 31, 2010 from the Pine Hill 
Baptist Church at Urania with Rev. David McGuffee officiating.

Visitation will be held on Saturday, January 30, 2010 from 4:00 PM to 9:00 PM 
at Riser Funeral Home located at 7131 U S Hwy 165 Columbia, LA.

Visitation for Sunday will be at the church beginning at 1:00 PM until time of 
service.

Benny Dale Bratton was born on May 30, 1938 at Kelly, LA to the union of David 
Bratton and Leona Johnson Bratton. He was one of eighteen siblings.

He was preceded in death by his parents and by his brothers: A.L., Chester, 
Jack, and Millard. Also, by his sisters: Cleta Phillips, Elsie Wilson, and 
Ardie Goldman.

Bennie was a retired truck driver and a member of the Pine Hill Baptist Church 
in Urania. Bennie delivered fruits and vegetables to friends and neighbors and 
was always trying to put the needs of others ahead of his own. He was truly a 
Good Samaritan and will be missed by all who loved and knew him.

Survivors include: his wife, Jettie Bratton of Olla, his sons: Benny Bratton 
and wife, Misty, of Enterprise, LA, Tony Wayne Bratton of Lafayette, IN, and 
James Bratton and wife, Paula, of Olla, LA, his daughter: DeWanna Pitman and 
husband, Stacey, of Olla, step-daughters: Shirley Hickey and husband, Glenn, 
of Beach Island, SC, and Jan Meredith and husband, Bryan, of Grayson, step-
son: Frank Patton and wife, Kim, of Winnfield, brothers: Buster Bratton of 
Minden, LA, Darryl Bratton of West Monroe, and Virgil Bratton of Pineville, 
LA, sisters: Modean Buckalew of Columbia, Ruby Clark of Corning, CA, Ethel 
James of Kelly, Catherine Warford of Severville, TN, Clara Rutledge of 
Columbia, Virginia Cruse of Grayson, and Ruth Gintz of Pineville, LA, ten 
grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Serving as pallbearers will be: Aubrey Bratton, Mitch Bratton, Otha Ray 
Bratton, Sidney Eubanks, LaVelle Dollar, and Brian Roberts.


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