ST. TAMMANY PARISH, LA. 

Obituary for: BRATTON, MARY LOUISE BRISTER 

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: E.J. Fielding  Funeral Home, Covington, La.

Died: Friday, October 16, 2015

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BRATTON, MARY LOUISE BRISTER 
April 27, 1922 - October 16, 2015

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Louise Brister Bratton passed away peacefully on October 16, 2015 at her 
Covington home.

Louise was born on April 27, 1922 to Fred E. Brister and Wadie Boone Brister of 
Bogue Chitto, Mississippi. She was preceded in death by her older brother Fred 
E. Brister, Jr. and is survived by her sister Dennie Eudora Brister Brumfield, 
both of McComb, Mississippi. Louise was a graduate of Copiah-Lincoln Community 
College where she played the clarinet (and well, she would tell you.)

After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Louise worked in the U.S. Civil Service as a 
stenographer in Oahu, Hawaii, for two years before returning to Mississippi 
where she met and married her beloved late husband Kenneth Bratton.

After spending a short time in New Orleans, Louise was a resident of Covington 
Country Club for 54 years, where she and Kenny raised four children, Kenneth 
Carl (Suzette), William Harry, Mary Lynn Boesch (Larry) and Linda Louise 
Bratton.

Louise was an active member of the Krewe of Juno, Krewe of Eve and the 
Cosmopolitan Club of New Orleans. She also swore she was the Bogue Chitto Queen 
but her family is quite certain she made that up.

Louise was also an avid golfer and won the CCC ladies club championship in the 
late 1960’s.

Louise’s most cherished accomplishment was being able to enjoy her six 
grandchildren, Kelly Bratton Guilbert (Neill), Kenneth Carl “Kasey” Bratton 
(Yadira), Keinan Michael Bratton (April), Kyle Alexander Bratton (Amanda), Holly 
Bratton Edwards (Edwin) and Carly Ashton Boesch and five great-grandchildren.

She will be dearly missed by her family and friends, but her laughter will live 
on forever.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend a Funeral Service at 11:00 AM on 
Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at E. J. Fielding Funeral Home, 2260 West 21st Avenue 
Covington, LA 70433. Visitation on Tuesday from 9:00 AM until service time. 

Interment in Hollywood Cemetery Mccomb, MS at 1:30 PM on Tuesday.

Memorial donations may be made to St. Jude Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas 
Place, Memphis, TN

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