Obituary of Pauline Carter Bracy

Pauline Carter Bracy, 98 passed away peacefully on Sunday, February 11, 2024 at her home in Mountain Home, Idaho. Pauline was born May 31, 1925 in Wake County, North Carolina to the late Joe Bertie Carter and Rosa Gay Carter. After graduating from Wendell High School in 1942, she then moved to Virginia to help with her sister Winnie’s newborn son. While in Virginia she trained as a telephone operator and worked for the phone company. In Virginia, she met the love of her life, the late Dan Wilson Bracy. They married in September 1944 and later had two sons. After her children were grown, Pauline went to work at Lipton Tea Company in Suffolk and retired from there. Pauline loved her family, her dachshunds and cooking for her family, friends, and neighbors. Her cheddar cheese biscuits were legendary by all who knew her. Pauline loved her Fairview Heights Baptist Church family in Portsmouth and was so grateful to find another church family at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Mountain Home that made her feel just as loved.

Pauline is survived by her children: Donald W. Bracy (Cecelia) of Mountain Home, Idaho and Ronald E. Bracy (Peggy) of Oxford, North Carolina; grandchildren: Jason Bracy (Therese), Amanda Shope (Steve), and Jody Kay Bracy; great grandchildren: Hunter Bracy, Autumn Bracy, Samantha Bracy, Cameron McPherson (Sarah), Zachary McPherson (Karen), Paige Woods (Christian), Payten Matuskovic, London Matuskovic, and Heather Abel (Michael) ; great-great grandchildren: Riley McPherson, Remi McPherson, Brooklyn Woods, Scarlett Woods and Jezzalyn Roberson; and her sister Cleo C. Bunn of Wendell, North Carolina.

In addition to her parents and husband, Pauline was preceded in death by a great grandchild Ashley Abel; sisters Margaret Jeffreys, Louise Starnes, Pearl Wood, Winnie Houchin, and Etherlene Pearce; brothers: John, Joe, Cecil and Clifton Carter.

A visitation will be held 5 – 6:30 p.m. at Sturtevant Funeral Home, Portsmouth Chapel on Thursday February 22, 2024 and the funeral service will also be at Sturtevant Funeral Home, Portsmouth Chapel on Friday, February 23, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. Interment will be at Meadowbrook Gardens in Suffolk. Video streaming is available to those unable to attend.

The family would like to extend a special thanks to all the caregivers at Red Fox Home Care, especially Bri Vineyard and Jenna Eberhardt who treated Pauline like family.