Bernon Brackett (Lebanon)'s Obituary
Bernon E. Brackett, son of Vernon and Edith Warrington Brackett, was born June 21, 1932, in Lebanon, Missouri. He departed this life Monday, October 31, 2011, in his home, near Lebanon, Missouri, at the age of seventy-nine years, four months, and ten days.
On August 2, 1952, he was united in marriage to Elaine Louise Medlicott, and to this union two daughters and three sons were born. Elaine passed away on June 30, 2003.
On April 27, 2004, he married Dorothy Smitte Weddle, and they shared the last seven years.
He was also preceded in death by his parents; and a brother, Theodore Kent Brackett.
Bernon is survived by his wife, Dorothy, of the home; two daughters, Barbra Thompson, and her husband, Charles D., and Cynthia B. Clemenic, and her husband, Steven, all of Havelock, North Carolina; three sons, Bernon Lee Brackett, of Las Vegas, Nevada, David E. Brackett, of Kearney, Missouri, and Kent Brackett, and his wife, Connie, of Lebanon, Missouri; nine grandchildren; sixteen great-grandchildren; a number of step-children, step-grandchildren, and step-great-grandchildren; three brothers, Keith Brackett, and Gary Brackett, both of Kansas City, Missouri, and Vernon Brackett, of Olathe, Kansas; two sisters, Betty Eidson, of Lebanon, Missouri, and Edelea Moulder, of Kansas City, Missouri; several nieces and nephews; as well as a host of other relatives and friends.
He was born and raised in Lebanon, Missouri, and graduated from Lebanon High School in the Class of 1950. He joined the United States Air Force on January 4, 1951, and served his country faithfully for almost twenty-nine years. During his years in the Air Force, he was stationed in Turkey, Iceland, Germany, Okinawa, Japan, Vietnam, and Korea, as well as serving stateside in North Dakota, at NORAD in Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado, at the Strategic Air Command Headquarters on Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska, and Missouri. He officially retired from the military on January 31, 1979. Soon after retiring, he and Elaine moved back to Lebanon and made their home. Bernon worked as the Claims Clerk and Warranty Manager for Montgomery Motors and as the Assistant Service Manager for Twenters GM Superstore for several years.
Bernon truly loved traveling and staying on the move. He had nearly traveled across the entire world, missing only two small areas that he wasn’t able to visit. He was a very independent man who always maintained an optimistic and positive outlook on life, even to the very end. He possessed a delightful sense of humor and loved to laugh. His family was very important to him and he especially enjoyed his grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Bernon was a loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, and uncle, and was a caring neighbor and friend. We celebrate his life and know that he will be fondly remembered as a devoted family man, a courageous and decorated serviceman, a proud American, and a good friend to many.
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