Elder Mack Braggs, Jr.

ELDER MACK BRAGGS, JR. BORN September 1, 1936 IN MOBILE ALABAMA EXCHANGED THIS LIFE FOR
ETERNAL REST ON AUGUST 29, 2021.

HIS WALK WITH GOD BEGAN IN 1956 WHEN HE RECEIVED THE PRECIOUS GIFT OF THE HOLY GHOST. HE
WAS ANOINTED TO PREACH THE WORD OF GOD, RECEIVED HIS MINISTERIAL LICENSE AND WAS
ORDAINED AN ELDER UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE LATE BISHOP W L MCNEAL AND PASTOR MOTHER
JANIE L WILLIAMS. HE PASTORED CHURCH OF GOD DELIVERANCE IN CHUNCHULA, ALABAMA.
HE ENJOYED FELLOWSHIPPING AND JOINING WITH NUMEROUS CHURCHES. LATER HE JOINED ST PAUL
CHURCH OF GOD UNDER THE LEADESHIP OF BISHOP TYSON JOHNSON.

A HARD WORKER AND PROVIDER, HE WAS A 1 ST CLASS CHIPPER IN MOBILE AND MISSISSIPPI SHIPYARDS
UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT.

HE WAS A LOVING, ENCOURAGING PERSON WHO DEVOTED HIS LIFE TO SHARING THE NEWS THAT
JESUS IS COMING BACK SOON.

HE ENJOYED PREACHING, GOOD SINGING (ESPECIALLY AL GREEN), STUDYING GOD’S WORD, TRAVELING
AND WRITING POEMS. HE WAS ALSO KNOWN FOR BEING AGILE AND WAS OFTEN SEEN RIDING HIS
BICYCLE ALL THROUGH TOWN.

HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS WIFE OF 16 YEARS, WILLIE MAE BRAGGS, MOTHER-PRISCILLA
NICHOLSON, FATHER-MACK BRAGGS SR, BROTHERS- WALTER AND CHARLES BRAGGS, AND FREEMAN
THOMPSON.

HE LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS MEMORIES: SONS – JOHN (KATHY) MACK, ANTTON HALL: DAUGHTERS-
CRYSTAL (TAURUS) MICKLES, AUDREY MARSH, DICILLIA HOLMAN, AND PASTOR PATRICIA HUGHES.
22 GRANDCHILDREN, 24 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, 2 SISTERS – MINISTER IRMA CARSTARPHEN,
ROCHELLE THOMPSON, MOTHER-IN-LAW: VELMA ROBINSON, 4 BROTHERS-IN-LAW: WILLIE (DEAN)
ROBINSON, JAMES (GENICE) ROBINSON, OTIS (DOROTHY) ROBINSON, RAYMOND (PHYLLIS) ROBINSON, 7
SISTERS-IN-LAW: PASTOR BETTY JOHNSON, ROSIE ANN (DEMPSEY) JACKSON, LOUISE (HENRY LEE)
HARKNESS, BESSIE ROBINSON, YVONNE ROBINSON, MCKIVA (AVERY) WILSON, AND ELIZA HOLDER. A
HOST OF DEVOTED NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS, OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS INCLUDING THE MCDONALD’S CREW.

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