Anna Brackett

Anna Shepherd Brackett, 90, of Dandridge, TN, passed away on Monday, June 4, 2012 at the Jefferson County Nursing Home, Dandridge. She was born in Tribie, KY on July 30, 1921 a daughter of the late Bige, Sr. and Bethel Davenport Shepherd. She was a member of the Church of Christ and had been a homemaker. She had many hobbies including ceramics, oil painting, cake decorating and many other craft projects. She loved her family dearly and enjoyed keeping house and taking care of all her family. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Orville Brackett, Sr.; brothers and sisters, Bige Shepherd, Jr., Nancy Combs, Charles Shepherd, Bethel Lee Shepherd and Harold Dean Shepherd. Survivors include her children and their spouses, Kenneth and Ann Brackett, Orville Jr. and Barbara Brackett, Sandra and Don Messer, Gordon and Marilyn Brackett and Charles T. and Vanessa Brackett; grandchildren, Pamela Holben, Karen Brackett, Kenneth Brackett, II, John Brackett, Dr. Mark Brackett, Kirby Messer, Rebecca Brackett, Linda Brackett, Shawn Brackett, Charlie Brackett and Latrina Collins; great-grandchildren, Henry Holben, Phoebe Brackett, Logan Brackett, Olivia Brackett, Cloe Brackett, Kaleb Collins and Shane Collins; brothers and sisters, Francis Fugate, Claude Monroe Shepherd, James Darrell Shepherd, Etta Faye Baylor, Donald Ray Shepherd, Billy Carl Shepherd and Van Loomis and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.