Funeral for Rev. Arnold Bracken, 84, of Trinity will be Thursday, January 30, 2020, at Parkway Funeral Home, at 2:00 PM with Rev. Ronald Manley and Rev. George Whitten officiating. Burial will be in Moulton Memory Gardens. Visitation will be two hours before the service at the funeral home. Rev. Bracken, who died Monday, January 27, 2020, at Decatur Morgan Hospital, was born, March 6, 1935, to John and Bertie Bracken. He was a member of Mount View Baptist Church. From 1974 – 2014, he pastored 4 churches and was interim on 4 other occasions. Twenty-seven of the forty years he filled the pulpit was done while working full – time at Monsanto. Along with being a pastor, he also participated in home and foreign missions. Rev. Bracken was a true example of someone that showed God’s love by the way he lived.
He was preceded in death by his parents, brother – Marshall Bracken
sisters – Inez Hopper, Lorene Champion, Myrtle Lee Thompson
Survivors include:
Wife of 62 years – Tula Lee Hill Bracken
Son – Chris (Beth) Bracken
Sister – Elzady Gelattie
2 grandchildren – Joshua Bracken, Justin (Taylor) Bracken
3 great grandchildren – Jay Bracken, Branson Bracken, Raelynn Bracken
Pallbearers will be Mitch Claborn, Stephen Claborn, Rev. Steve Kelso, Brent Gillespie, Byron Terry.
Family request memorials be made to St. Jude Children’s Hospital.
