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Obituaries

June 20, 2012

Leon Lee Brackens

47; of New Albany

Funeral services for Leon Lee Brackens, 47, of New Albany, will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 23, at Newcomer Funeral Home, New Albany, with burial in Westhaven Cemetery, New Albany. He died Monday, June 18, 2012.

He was a creative and funny man with a huge personality. He kept us all laughing with his ability to say the funniest things. He graduated from New Albany High School in 1984 where he was a thespian who starred in many plays. He was born Feb. 26, 1965 in New Albany, to Odell and Anna M. Beard Brackens.

He leaves to mourn a dedicated and loving father, Odell Brackens Sr.; sisters, Renita Brackens-McCloud, DeVonne Whiting and her husband, Art, Lisa K. Sheppard and her husband, Ken, Shawna DeNene Brackens, and Trina Brackens-Pullen and her husband, Joktan; brothers, Odell Brackens Jr. and his wife, Blanche, George G. Brackens, Daniel D. Brackens and his wife, Carrul, Kevin D. Brackens, Henry W. Brackens, and Steven B. Brackens; aunt, Helen Ray Duckworth; and a host of nieces and nephews whom he loved dearly.  

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, at the funeral home.

To leave a special message for the family, please visit www.newcomerindiana.com.

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