Michael Bruce Brackens was born Monday, August 6, 1956, in Orange, Texas to Willie Bell (Brown) Brackens and Emanuel Brackens.
He was raised and educated here along with his brothers and sisters.
Michael was a 1975 graduate of West Orange Cove High School.
Being around others was a joy to him. He loved fishing, looking at Westerns and watching people play dominoes. He was just a people person.
He spent a number of years with family in California before “coming back home.”
Working years were spent in the construction industry.
His summons from earthly life came Wednesday, January 17th in Port Arthur, Texas
Along with his parents, he was preceded in death by brothers J. L. (Blockhead) Brackens and Perry Brackens.
He leaves to cherish memories of him two brothers, Emanuel L. Brackens, Sr. and wife Jenny, of Orange, and Willie Brackens of Apple Valley, CA, three sisters, Margaret Berridge of Apple Valley, Minnie Brackens of Keizer, OR and Julia Hawkins and husband Melvin of Riverside, CA, and a host of other relatives and friends.
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