Extracted from The Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX)
Tuesday, December 19, 1972

William M. Bratton

IRVING -- William M. Bratton 45, of 1626 W. Shady Grove Road, divisional supply manager for the Continental Telephone System, died in Dallas Monday of cancer.

A native of Winnfield, La., he was a 17-year resident of Irving, a member of the Odd Fellows and Optimist Club, president of the Pioneer Club, and a former chairman of the Carrollton Chamber of Commerce. He was an Army Air Corps veteran of World War II.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Ben Brown Funeral Chapel. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery at Fort Worth.

Survivors include three sons, four sisters, two brothers and his mother, Mrs. Grace Hagar.