OBITUARY: Feb 3, 2010, The Caldwell Watchman, Columbia LA.
Funeral services for Benny Dale Bratton, 71 of Olla and formerly of Columbia, were held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, January 31, 2010 from the Pine Hill Baptist Church at Urania with Rev. David McGuffee officiating. Interment followed in the Bratton Family Cemetery in Kelly.
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 were Aubrey Bratton, Mitch Bratton, Otha Ray Bratton, Sidney Eubanks, LaVelle Dollar, and Brian Roberts.
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