Louise I. Brackett

She was born in Sumter, SC to the late Whymer Inabinett and Leila Inabinett Weatherford. She was the widow of Charles H. Brackett, Sr., who died in 1963 and the mother of an infant son, Robert Earl Brackett, and of a daughter, Frances B. Ingle, who died in 1989.

She was known for many years at her job as a short order cook at Teague’s Soda Shop.

As a member of Haywood Street United Methodist Church for sixty-five years, she served as president of the former Galloway Boble Class and until her illness she attended the Homemakers Class. She was very active in the United Methodist Women, serving in the kitchen and as cashier at many rummage and yard sales. She was recipient of three special Mission Recognition Pins by United Methodist Women.

She is survived by two sons, Charles Brackett, Jr., and his wife Jacqueline of Asheville and Oscar (Bud) Brackett and his wife Lynda of Candler; one sister, Thelma King Hensley of Asheville; three half-brothers, Gordon and James Weatherford of Maryland, and C.W. Weatherford of Asheville; one half-sister, Rose Mary Bridges of Asheville; eight grandchidlren, a number of great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be at 2:00 pm Saturday in the Patton Avenue chapel of Groce Funeral Home with the Rev. Dot Thomas officiating. Burial will be at Green Hills Cemetery.

Her family will receive friends from 7 - 8:30 pm Friday at the funeral home and request that memorials be made to Haywood Street United Methodist Church, 297 Haywood Street, Asheville, NC 28801, or to ones favorite charity.