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THE 45th ANNUAL BRACEWELL REUNION
Bedias Community Center
Bedias, Texas
EMMA FRANK
In Special Remembrance
Emma (Tuck) Bracewell
and
Frank Bracewell
Sunday
June 7, 1981
Inside Left:
Biographical Information
Edwin Franklin Bracewell
Born: September 23, 1877 near Bedias.
Married: Mollie Kerr 3une 26, 1903. Died: April 20, 1962 at Bedias.
Buried at Mt. Pleasant Church Cemetery near Bedias.
Uncle Frank was the 6th child of Joseph and Emiline. Always known as Uncle Frank, he was an industrious, kind, loving, and generous man. Most will remember him as the owner/operator of the gin and country store at Cotton, Texas.
He was a faithful member of Mount Pleasant Church all of his life, and attended every Reunion held from the first in 1936. He graciously accepted the position of Reunion president eight times.
Uncle Frank and Aunt Mollie had four children:
Mona (May 7, 1904)
R. Arden (3an. 26, 1906)
Druie (Oct. 7, 1908)
J. Malcolm (Oct. 7, 1913)
Biographical Information
Emma C. (Bracewell) Tuck
Born: August 24, 1879 in Bedias
Married: Nov. 17, 1897 to Arthur E. Tuck. Died: February 23, 1952 in Baytown
Buried at Cedar Bayou, Texas.
Aunt Emma was the 7th child of Joseph Marion and Emiline
Bracewell.
Uncle Arthur and Aunt Emma farmed in Grimes County about 18 years and Arthur served as County Commissioner in 1912-1914. The family lived in several towns before moving to Goose Creek (now Baytown), where they spent the rest of their lives. Uncle Arthur died in 1939. Aunt Emma enjoyed the annual reunions and always attended.
Emma's children were:
Robert Randolph Tuck (Dec. 30~ 1898 - Oct. I0, 1918). Died in
WW I and buried at Cedar Bayou.
Joseph Grady Tuck (Apr. 26, 1901)
Vivian Violet Tuck (Aug. 6, 1903)
Thelma Erin Tuck (June 14, 1906)
Arthur E. Tuck (Feb. 4, 1909)
Vernice Ester Tuck (June 26, 1911)
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