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William Emmett “Shorty” Brackeen

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William Emmett “Shorty” Brackeen Veteran

Birth
Alsa, Van Zandt County, Texas, USA
Death
20 Sep 1963 (aged 71)
Odessa, Ector County, Texas, USA
Burial
Lorenzo, Crosby County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Funeral Set for Odessan

Funeral services for W.E. (Shorty) Brackeen, 71, 817 West Murphy, will be at 1:30 p.m. today in Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Chapel.

Rev. Curtis Thorpe, pastor of Temple Baptist Church, will officiate. Graveside rites will be conducted at 5 p.m. today in the Lorenzo, Tex. Cemetery.

Brackeen died Friday in Medical Center Hospitall following an illness of about two months. He had lived in Odessa about 25 years.
(Published in The Odessa American, Odessa, Texas · Sunday, September 22, 1963, Page 6)
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Texas, U.S., Death Index, 1903-2000
Name William Emmett Brackeen
Death Date 20 Sep 1963
Death County Ector
Certificate 62844

U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name William Brackeen
Birth Date 18 Aug 1891
Issue year Before 1951
Issue State Texas
Death Date Sep 1963

U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970
Name William E. Brackeen
Rank Pvt
Birth Date 18 Mar 1892
Service Number 3979932
Service Branch Army
Unit 85Th Inf. 8 Div
Company Company D.
Enlistment Date 26 Aug 1918
Discharge Date 2 Feb 1919
Death Date 20 Sep 1963
Cemetery Lorenzo Cemetery
Cemetery Location Lorenzo, Texas, USA

Son of Clay C. Brackeen and Tennessee Wade.
Funeral Set for Odessan

Funeral services for W.E. (Shorty) Brackeen, 71, 817 West Murphy, will be at 1:30 p.m. today in Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Chapel.

Rev. Curtis Thorpe, pastor of Temple Baptist Church, will officiate. Graveside rites will be conducted at 5 p.m. today in the Lorenzo, Tex. Cemetery.

Brackeen died Friday in Medical Center Hospitall following an illness of about two months. He had lived in Odessa about 25 years.
(Published in The Odessa American, Odessa, Texas · Sunday, September 22, 1963, Page 6)
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Texas, U.S., Death Index, 1903-2000
Name William Emmett Brackeen
Death Date 20 Sep 1963
Death County Ector
Certificate 62844

U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name William Brackeen
Birth Date 18 Aug 1891
Issue year Before 1951
Issue State Texas
Death Date Sep 1963

U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970
Name William E. Brackeen
Rank Pvt
Birth Date 18 Mar 1892
Service Number 3979932
Service Branch Army
Unit 85Th Inf. 8 Div
Company Company D.
Enlistment Date 26 Aug 1918
Discharge Date 2 Feb 1919
Death Date 20 Sep 1963
Cemetery Lorenzo Cemetery
Cemetery Location Lorenzo, Texas, USA

Son of Clay C. Brackeen and Tennessee Wade.

Inscription

Texas
Pvt Co D 85 Infantry
World War I



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