Carl Bratcher

Carl Howard Bratcher Sr. Carl Howard Bratcher Sr. of Charlottesville, Virginia, left this earth on Thursday, September 12, 2013. He was born in Louisa, on July 29, 1939, the youngest son of the late John and Pauline Bratcher. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by five brothers, James, Charles, Robert, Jefferson, and John Bratcher Jr.; one sister, Alice Jugertha Sanders; and two grandsons. He graduated from A. G. Richardson High School in Louisa, and was employed as a Cook at the Howard Johnson Resturant in Charlottesville. He was baptized at Bright Hope Baptist Church, Louisa, at an early age. He was an accomplished pianist. Carl leaves to cherish his memory his faithful and dedicated wife, Dorothy Jones Bratcher; two sons, Carl Jr. and Joseph Bratcher; five daughters, Ramona Bratcher, Regina Jackson and her husband, William, Carla Turner and her husband, Archie, Annette Shrieves and her husband, David, and Anita Swift and her husband Randall; one sister, Rosebud Berry; 19 grandchildren; one special granddaughter, Dejan Bratcher; two great- grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends. A graveside service to bury the cremains will be held 11 a.m. Friday, September 20, 2013, at Oakwood Cemetery, Charlottesville, Virginia, with Chaplain David Coles officiating. J. F. Bell Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. jfbellfuneralhome.com.


This obituary was originally published in the Daily Progress.