Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bracey, Clyde A., 1960 

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Clyde A. Bracey Is Buried at Windsor 

  WINDSOR - A funeral service for Clyde A. Bracey, who died Friday, was held 
Sunday at 4 p.m. in Purviance Funeral Chapel at Wakefield by the Rev. William 
A. Grissom, pastor of the Windsor Christian Church.  Burial was in Antioch 
Christian Church Cemetery near Windsor.  Pallbearers were W.D. Barrett, Frank 
Brown, W.R. Joyner, Shirley T. Holland, Rufus Jenkins, Ryland Gillette, Robert 
Jones and Edwin Whitley. 

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C. A. Bracey, 58, Buried August 14 At Antioch Church 

  Clyde A. Bracey, 58, of Windsor, died at 1 P.M. Friday, August 12, 1960, 
in a Suffolk Hospital, two days after a heart attack. 

  He was a lifelong resident of Isle of Wight County, a livestock broker, 
farmer and buyer of farm produce and hogs. 

  He was a member of the Windsor Christian Church. 

  Mr. Bracey was a son of the late Robert S. Bracey and Mrs. Nellie Pierce 
Bracey. 

  Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Gladys Grant Bracey; seven daughters, Mrs. 
Thomas Gray and Mrs. Marvin L. Pruden of Chuckatuck; Mrs. Bradley T Scott 
and Mrs. E.C. Richardson Jr. of Suffolk; Mrs. R. Forest Scott of Smithfield; 
Mrs Cecil R. Redd of Walters; and Glenda Gale Bracey; four sons, C.A. Bracey 
Jr. of Richmond, Benjamin F. Bracey, Tyrone Bracey and William S. Bracey; 
three brothers, L.R. Bracey and Henry Bracey of Ivor; and L.E. Bracey of 
Norfolk; two sisters, Mrs. Mary B. Goodrich of Smithfield. and Mrs. Ora B. 
Parr of Suffolk; and twelve grandchildren. 

  A funeral service was conducted at Purviance Funeral Chapel, Wakefield, 
Sunday, August 14, 1960, at 4 P.M. by the Rev. William A. Grissom of Windsor 
Christian Church. 

  Burial was in the Antioch Church Cemetery near Windsor. 

  Pallbearers were W.D. Barrett, Frank Brown, W.T. Joyner, Shirley T. Holland, 
Rufus Jenkins, Ryland Gillette, Robert Jones and Edwin Whitley. 

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Final Rites Held For Clyde Bracey 

  Funeral services for Clyde A. Bracey, 58, who died Friday, August 12, in 
a Suffolk hospital two days after suffering a heart attack, were held Sunday, 
Aug. 14, in the Purviance Funeral Chapel, Wakefield. 

  Burial was in Antioch Church Cemetery near Windsor.  Active pallbearers were 
W.D. Barrett, Frank Brown, W.T. Joyner, Shirley T. Holland, Rufus Jenkins, 
Ryland Gillette, Robert Jones and Edwin Whitley. 

  Mr. Bracey, son of Robert S. and Nettie Pierce Bracey, was a native and 
lifelong resident of Isle of Wight County.  A prominent farmer, produce and 
livestock broker, he was also a member of the Windsor Christian Church and the 
Windsor Ruritan Club. 

  He is survived by his wife, Gladys Grant Bracey; eleven children, Mrs. 
Thomas Gray, Mrs. B.T. Scott, Miss Glenda Gale Bracey, Benjamin F. Bracey, 
Tyrone Bracey, William S. Bracey, all of Windsor; Mrs. M.L. Pruden, 
Chuckatuck; C.A. Bracey, Jr., Richmond; Mrs. E.C. Richardson, Jr., Suffolk; 
Mrs. R. Forest Scott, Smithfield, and Mrs. Cecil R. Redd, Walters.  Also, two 
sisters, Mrs. Mary B. Goodrich, Smithfield, and Mrs. Ota B. Parr, Suffolk; 
three brothers, L.R. Bracey and Henry Bracey, both of Ivor, and L.E. Bracey, 
Norfolk; 12 grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. 


Clyde Alfred BRACEY, livestock broker & farmer, 
b. 2 Jun 1902, Isle of Wight Co., d. 12 Aug 1960, Suffolk, 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 14 Aug 1960, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 38, No. 193, Mon., Aug. 15, 1960, p. 3; 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 41, No. 34, Thurs., Aug. 18, 1960, p. 1 
"Sussex-Surry Dispatch" (Waverly, VA), Vol. 83, No. 32, Thurs., Aug. 18, 1960, 
   p. 8 

*Additional information: 

Antioch list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/antioch.txt 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #20: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

A photo of his gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #104649605. 

His parents are also buried there. 

D.Cert. 22032 (Chuckatuck #52) 

His widow's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," June 2, 1988, p. 10) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/b620g3ob.txt 


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