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Service:
Graveside services were held May 1, at the Hills
Baptist Cemetery near rural Kempton IN,
Obituary
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Bernetta B. Brackins
On April 27, 2014, at age 92, Bernetta “Bea”
Brackins, former owner of “B” Beauty Salon in
Lincoln, passed away at the home of her son and
daughter-in-law, Lee and Jeanne Brackins, in Tipton
IN. Born near Kempton IN on farm land still in the
family since 1838, she will be laid to rest only
miles away.
A time efficiency expert in Indianapolis during
WWII, she worked at the Garment Factory in Lincoln
before training and operating “B” Beauty Salon on
Kickapoo Street for many years. A talented and
creative seamstress by nature, she spent a lifetime
designing and sewing for herself and many others,
from wedding dresses to tailored suits, upholstery
to theater costumes, dance recital tutus to prom
dresses. Bea volunteered for several museums and
service organizations, and was a proud member of the
Tipton County IN Lions Club and the Zonta Club of
Lincoln, a chapter of the international service
organization of executives in business and
professions working together to advance the status
of women through service and advocacy.
She was preceded in death by her parents Gifford and
Helen Griffith, brother William Andrew Griffith,
sisters Betty Jane Boyd and Patricia Ann Higgins,
and husbands Claude Brackins and Von M. Hawkins.
She is survived by a large and loving family:
children Harold Lee (Emily Jean) Brackins, Claudia
Beth Bismark (Wade Wilson), Ceretha Anne Brackins,
Richard Brackins, Douglas Brackins, and Patsy
Simonson; and grandchildren John (Janet) Brackins,
Kathy (Jeff) Syferd, and Sara (Jason) O’Neill in IN,
Vicky (Tim) McGuire in OH, Donna (Tom) Hennessey,
Tana Brackins, and Kenneth Brackins in FL, and Blake
Brackins in TN. |
Bea always loved most her home on Lincoln’s
tree-lined Tenth Street and always returned to
Lincoln for her daughters’ LCHS reunions. After
retiring from Lincoln and making homes and many
friends in Erwin TN, Riverview FL and Baltimore MD,
Bea returned to Tipton IN to spend her final years
near great-grandchildren Derek, Amelia and Owen
Brackins, Ashley and Kaitlyn Syferd and Truman and
Violet O’Neill and generations of nieces and
nephews.
A graveside service was held on May 1, 2014 at the
Hills Baptist Cemetery near rural Kempton IN, with
her Kempton Methodist Episcopal Church pastor
officiating. Donations in her memory are suggested
for the Zonta Club Scholarship Fund.
[Submitted by the former Beth
Brackins, daughter] |
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