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IN MEMORY OF

Charlotte Austin Bratcher

January 27, 2012

 Shirley (Thompson) Armstrong
 Augusta Georgia
My thoughts and prayers are with you during this difficult time.  I'm sorry that I will not be able to make it home to Beaver Dam so that I can give my condolences in person.

Barbara Gray
Hartford KY 42347

My memories of Charlotte will be of her broad smile always.  I never heard her say the word,"no". She always greeted you as though you were the only person in the room, and she had all day to talk with you.  She was a light, and her light will be greatly missed.  Your family will be in my thoughts and prayers.

KATHERINE BRICKING-WOODS
 SHELBYVILLE KENTUCKY
I didn't know Charlotte personally but I still consider her my (nurse) sister.  After 40 years of dedication to patients and her community she has earned not only her golden angel wings but she has left a legacy for all of us to live up to.  I know she is looking down with her hand in god's smiling  knowing the difference she made in the world we live.  May God Bless your family and be provided the strength to get through this very difficult time.  Katherine Bricking RN,MSN,FNPp

Marilyn and Wayne Hunsaker
 3430 Rockport Ceralvo Rd.
Rockport KY
Charlotte was a wonderful person and a friend to all.  We had many good times in homeroom at BDHS.  I am so glad and thankful that she attended our class get-together after Thanksgiving.  Our thoughts and prayers are with you at this time.  We are in Florida and won't be able to attend the service, but wanted you to know that we are thinking of you.

Dr. James Naas
2785A Veach Rd
Owensboro KY

Please accept my sympathy in the loss of Ms. Bratcher.  Her care and concern will be missed by her patients and her colleagues.

Cedaliah Melton
 2649 Ashbrooke Drive
Lexington Kentucky

 I always remember Charlotte's smiling face. I am a nurse practitioner but worked with Charlotte with the Kentucky Nurses Association. She will be greatly missed by all whose lives she touched. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

Donna Blackburn
1010 Campbell Lane
Bowling Green KY
Charlotte was one of my former students and a dear colleague. We always 'got caught up' each year during the KNA Convention and other times as well. My thought and prayers are with the family.
Donna Blackburn

Donna Meador
 Shelbyville KY

 I knew Charlotte from Kentucky Wesleyan and am so sad to hear of your loss. She was such a wonderful nurse and wonderful teacher to her patients and to nursing students.  I know the whole community will miss her and mourn her.  

Bobby & Mary Cook
Evansville Indiana
So sorry for this great loss.  Our sympathy goes to the family and everyone who knew her.

Pam King
 312 Conover Lane
Columbia KY
My prayers are with you. Charlotte was such an inspiration to me as a new nurse. She was involved & passionate about her role as a nurse & a nurse practitioner. She will be missed by individuals, KNA, & the KY Colition of Nurse Practitioners & Nurse Midwives. My thanks to such a wonderful woman, nurse, & APRN.

 Roger and Patricia Whitler
1606 Center St.
Owensboro Ky.

 We had been Charlottes patients for the last 15 years and had learned to love her dearly. On one visit to the clinic, during our appointment time a salesman came and was in a rush. Charlotte asked if we minded if she saw to hs needs as he was rushed, we said to go ahead. We waited in the exam room for about an hour and a half, allof a sudden Charlotte came into the exam room and began to apologise........She had forgotten we were in there. We all had a good laugh over it. We are going to miss her terribly. May our Lord be with you during this time of sorrow and always.

Judy Carrico
 1775 Sterling Valley Drive
Owensboro KY

Dear Family of Charlotte,

She will be truly missed not only by you but also by her colleagues.  She is so loved by all.  She will always be an inspiration to me.
My thoughts and prayers are with you during this time.

Sincerely,
Judy Carrico

(I sent this message to the NPs of KY this morning:
Please remember in your thoughts and prayers Charlotte Bratcher and her family.  She passed away on Friday. As a dedicated nurse practitioner, her legacy will always be with us through all the lives she touched.)

Alvin & Carol Haven
5115 Ely Road
Wooster OH
We are very sorry to hear of Charlotte's death. Alvin is a 1st cousin to Charlotte.  We express our sympathy to the Austin and Bratcher Family.  We are residing in Englewood, FL for three months to avoid the cold weather in Ohio.  Hopefully we will try to visit KY this year to see family.  Love Alvin & Carol Haven

Sharon Ford
40 Iron Mountain Road West
 Hartford, KY 

Charlotte was such a blessing to my life.  She and I met in 1973 and she was the same wonderful, positive person then as she was at her death.  She was my grandson's health care provider and he loved "Dr. Charlotte" dearly.  To lose your Mom so soon after your Dad passed is a double blow.  Thank God you have each other and your knowledge that she and Larry are together in Heaven watching over you all. 

Dana /Johnson/   Render
1159 iron mountain drive
 hartford Kentucky

 God gained a wonderful angel ...your mother was a great lady and loved each and every one of her babies and granbabies, we all grew up together when yall moved out on barnetts station, love to all and if you need anything give us a call.  the Render family

Nancy Turner
7466 Houser Rd
Paducah KY

 Charlotte was my student at Kentucky Wesleyan and a colleage in the nursing profession.  I saw her at KNA meetings and was always eager to catch up on her family news.  Charlotte loved her family and she loved her profession.  She was so intelligent and such a driven person.  I am so proud of all her successes.  She was an inspiration to many.  I don't think I ever saw her in a bad mood.  My prayers will be with you giving up such a great lady.

William Bowling
 1902 Dove Creek Boulevard
Louisville Ky

A woinderful woman. Have fond memories

kelsey lee

To the family,
I am sorry for your loss. May you find comfort in knowing that God is "near to those that are broken at heart; and those who are crushed in spirit he saves." (Psalm 34;18) With sympathy

John Bowling
670 Widener Circle
Franklin Kentucky

 I am so sorry to hear about the loss of Charlotte...and it will be a tremendous loss to her family and community.  20+ years after being the student pastor of Liberty UMC I carry great memories of Charlotte and her parents and her children.  What a blessing to know this family.  I do trust you will find comfort, hope, and healing in and through your faith.

Wilson 809 Mooreland Dr
 Bowling GreenKY
I first met Charlotte when I had the pleasure of serving as her preceptor and looked forward to catching up with her each year at conference.  She was a charming lady with the utmost integrity in every aspect of her life.  She will be missed by her colleagues, herpatients, and all those who loved her.  We are remembering her family in our prayers. 

Dodie Kirkendoll, APRN
2800 Glencrest Drive
Owensboro KY
Dear Bratcher Family,

Charlotte touched many lives.  I will remember her as a pioneer for nurse practitioners in Kentucky. 

With God's peace,
Dodie Kirkendoll

Gwen Johnson
 517 Broad Streer
Central City Ky

I worked at OCH for around 10 years and was hired by your mother. She gave me a job and a chance to expand my medical/nursing knowledge and became my good friend. She would come to ICCU and talk to me and I remember wonderful memories of singing gosple songs with her; like In The Garden and What A Day That Will Be. i also remember singing with her at Liberty Baptist Church one sunday at the fifth sunday singings. What a great time we had singing for our Lord. God is smiling today because another wonderful lady/angel has gone to her heavenly mansion. God's arms has already welcomed her home. I will never forget her and her kindness.

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Beaver Dam, KY 42320

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