Bokchito Cemetery

Bokchito, Bryan County, Oklahoma

© Holmes Coffey Murray Funeral Service
Submitted by: Terry Dudley

Pastor Royce Wayne Couch

March 29, 1944 - December 5, 2025

Barbara Carol (Chandler) Brackett, a long-term resident of Bokchito and Bennington, passed away peacefully with her loving family by her side on Friday, December 5, 2025, in Sherman, Texas at the age of 81. She was born on March 29, 1944, in Bennington, Oklahoma to Adell Frank and Ola Mae (Percell) Chandler. She married Daniel Brackett on December 31, 1972, at the Boswell First Baptist Church.

Barbara was a member of the Bokchito School Board, and she worked at the Bokchito polling place. In her spare time, she had many hobbies which included embroidery, sewing, feeding hummingbirds and wildlife, gardening both floral and vegetable, reading books, studying her bible, watching basketball, and most importantly visiting with her family and friends. She was also a member of the First Baptist Church in Bennington, Oklahoma.

Left behind to cherish Barbara's memory are her two children from her first marriage: daughter Toni Gittens and her husband Greg of Sherman Texas, Leisa Lozano of Bokchito, Oklahoma. Grandchildren include LeTrecia Hale and her husband Jon of Parker, Texas, Joshua Short of Hendrix, Oklahoma, Austin Gittens of Sherman, Texas, Tori Gittens of Red Lion Pennsylvania, Danny Johnson of Hugo, Oklahoma, Tracy Johnson and his wife Shanna of Bokchito, Oklahoma, Terry Brackett of Bennington, Oklahoma, Jennifer Brackett of Oklahoma. Great grandchildren include Melanie Hale of Parker, Texas, Tyler Hale of Parker, Texas, Natalie Short of Sherman, Texas. She is also survived by her nieces and nephews: Rebecca Woolard of Longview, Texas, Renetta Pearson of Longview, Texas, Glyn Lee and his wife Sondra of Longview, Texas, Barbara Roxy Lowe of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Mary Ann Hughes of Utah, Elizabeth Flach and her husband Jordan of DeSoto, Texas, Cristi Milam of Fort Worth, Texas, Joe Knudson of California, Darrell Stallcup and his wife Leslie of Wichita Falls, Texas, Patricia Kruszka and her husband Daniel of Rochester Hills, Michigan, Reba Criswell and her husband Tom of Durant, Oklahoma, Scott Brackett and his wife Patty of Oklahoma, and Carl Bracket of San Diego, California, and Evelyn Alexander of Yuba, Oklahoma, along with many great nieces, great nephews, cousins on the Percell and Chandler families, and good friends.

Barbara was preceded in death by her husband of 49 years, Daniel Brackett, her step daughter Kathy and her husband Tommy Johnson, step son Davy Joe Brackett, step son Jerry Brackett, her children's father Peter Kilkaitis, all Brackett sisters in law and brothers in law, her parents Adell and Ola Mae Chandler, her siblings Nita Kay, Mary, Annabelle (Ann), Linda, Verna, Betty, Charles, Lee Roy, Dennis, and three others who died before she was born, and a few nieces and nephews.

Funeral service will be held on Friday, December 12, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. in the Holmes-Coffey-Murray Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Jay Perry officiating. Burial will immediately follow in the Bokchito Cemetery in Bokchito, Oklahoma with Jon Hale, Glyn Lee, Josh Short, and Austin Gittens serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Greg Gittens, Darrell Stallcup, and Danny Johnson.

Services are under the direction of Holmes-Coffey-Murray Funeral Home. www.holmescoffeymurray.com