Donald Dale Bratton

Donald Dale Bratton, age 74, of Ocean Springs, died Friday, September 14, 2007 in Ocean Springs. Mr. Bratton was born in Martins Ferry, Ohio and was a longtime resident of the Gulf Coast. He served in the U. S. Air Force during the Korean Conflict and worked for Mississippi Power Co. for nineteen years. He retired from the Civil Engineering Squadron at KAFB. He was a member of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church. He was preceded in death by his parents, Dale and Beryl Bratton; and a great-grandchild, Ava Marie Naquin. Mr. Bratton is survived by his wife, Mary Louise Benvenutti Bratton of Pass Christian; three daughters, Mary Cabrini Cadrecha of Denver, CO, Terresa Ann Huggins of Houma, LA, and Melanie Jean Gregory of Chicago, IL; two sons, Donald Dale Bratton, Jr. and Brian Jude Bratton, both of Ocean Springs; a brother, Larry Campbell Bratton of Moundsville, WV; ten grandchildren, Gina Marie Cadrecha, Jessica Lane Naquin, Donald Dale Bratton, III, Carlie Lane Cadrecha, Brian Robert Huggins, Christopher Adam Gregory, Matthew Kyle Bratton, Michael David Cadrecha, Joshua Lee Bratton, and Brittany Louise Bratton; and a great-grandchild, Isabella Claire Naquin. The Mass of Christian Burial will be Wednesday, September 19, 2007 at 12:30 p.m. at Our Lady Of Lourdes Catholic Church in Pineville where friends may visit from 11:30 a.m. until the service. Interment will follow at Biloxi National Cemetery with military honors. The family prefers memorials to American Heart Association, P.O. Box 638, Gulfport, MS 39502 or the Alzheimer's Foundation of the South Mississippi Division, 4803 Harrison Circle, Gulfport, MS 39507. Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home, O'Neal Road, Gulfport is in charge of arrangements. View and sign register book at www.bradfordokeefe.com