Waverly Bratcher Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Services for Waverly Bratcher, age 68 of Hideaway, are scheduled for 10:30 AM Saturday, April 27, 2019 at the Grace Baptist Church in Tyler with Ray Bratcher officiating. Interment will follow at 2:00 PM Saturday in the Bethel Cemetery near Waxahachie, Texas. Services are under the direction of Caudle-Rutledge-Daugherty Funeral Home in Lindale. Waverly passed into the presence of her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Sunday, April 21, 2019 at the U.T. Southwestern Hospital in Dallas. She was born in Bradenton, Florida on October 30, 1950 to the late Forrest and Geraldine Roeber Blake. Waverly moved to Hideaway in 1996. In years past, she worked at Advantage Mortgage and then Summit Lending in Tyler. In addition to being a pastor's wife extraordinaire, she was a professional calligrapher and founded a small business, Word Designs by Waverly. Her specialty was beautifully calligraphed Scriptures and related framed items. Waverly was the president and CEO of Lifeway Lending Group in Lindale which she founded in 2008. She was a member of the Grace Baptist Church in Tyler and enjoyed gardening, cats, and hummingbirds. She is survived by her husband, Ray Bratcher of Hideaway; children, Sandy and Kelsey Johnson of Austin; Erin And Steve Petit of Ft. Worth; Amy Michelle and Hal Bennick of Houston; Jeremy Bratcher of Tyler; Bethany and Daniel Patterson of Dallas; brothers, Perry Wilson of Bradenton, Florida; Forrest Blake III of St. Peters, Missouri; sister, Connie Blake of St. Peters, Missouri; aunt, Barbara Roeber of Sarasota, Florida; 17 grandchildren, Heather, Holley, Brittney, Peyton, Madelyn, Gwyneth, Ava, Levi, Juliette, Gideon, Harper, Abby, Cruz, Aiden, Triston, Giselle, and due on September 21, 2019, Ezra. The family will receive friends from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Friday, April 26, 2019 at the Caudle-Rutledge-Daugherty Funeral Home in Lindale. Serving as Pallbearers will be Ryan Surratt, Dan Bartlett, Chris Langford, Joe Don Terry, Ramon Kirgan, and Jerry Wright.

Waverly Bratcher

October 30, 1950 - April 21, 2019