Gertrude “Gertie” Bratcher

Saturday Sept. 19,2020 at The Medical Center at Bowling Green.

The Edmonson County native was a youth counselor at Great Onyx Job Corps Center anda

member of Pine Grove Baptist Church in Cub Run. She was a daughter of the late Dewey

Childress and Ola Glass Childress and the wife of the late Wilford Bratcher.

Surviving are a son, Thomas Bratcher (Amanda) of Anaheim, CA; three brothers,

Tony Childress, Merle Childress (Helen) and Joby Childress all of Louisville;

two sisters, Pearl Haynes of Brownsville and Magaline Meredith (Junior) of Cave City;

a grandson, Max Bratcher; and was a loving aunt to multiple nieces, nephews, great

nieces and great nephews.

Visitation will be 4-8 PM Monday and 10 AM-11:30 PM at Gravil Funeral Home.

Funeral services will be private. Burial will take place in Pine Grove Cemetery.