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| image=Leon Bramlett as football star.jpg
| image=Leon Bramlett as football star.jpg
| birth_date=September 17, 1923
| birth_date=September 17, 1923
| birth_place=
| birth_place=Clarksdale, [[Mississippi]]
| death_date =October 19, 2015 (aged 92)
| death_date =October 19, 2015 (aged 92)
| death_place=Clarksdale, [[Mississippi]], USA<br>
| death_place=[[Texas]]<br>
'''Resting place''':<br>
'''Resting place''':<br>
Oakridge Cemetery in Clarksdale
Oakridge Cemetery in Clarksdale
In 1947, Bramlett married the former Virginia McGehee, known as Skeeter Bramlett (1923–2012), a native of Greenville in western Mississippi, and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Thomas McGehee. Virginia attended elementary school in Grenada, Mississippi, and returned to Greenville to graduate there from Greenville High School. She subsequently received a degree from Randolph Macon Women's College in [[Lynchburg, Virginia|Lynchburg]], [[Virginia]] where she was a member of Chi Omega sorority and the president of the Student Government Association. She was named "Miss Greenville" by the [[Chamber of Commerce]]. When the Bramletts married, he was serving in the Marine Corps, and the young couple lived for a time in Quantico, Virginia, and [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name=vab>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101647818/virginia-bramlett|title=Virginia “Skeeter” McGehee Bramlett|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 3, 2020}}</ref> The couple then returned to Clarksdale, where Bramlett had farming interests. He owned Bramlett Farms and Bramlett Gin & Delint in Clarksdale.<ref name=campaigns/> They were active in the First [[Presbyterian]] Church, allied with the [[conservative]] Presbyterian Church of America congregation in Clarksdale, unaffiliated with the [[liberal]] Presbyterian Church of the USA.<ref name=vab
In 1947, Bramlett married the former Virginia McGehee, known as Skeeter Bramlett (1923–2012), a native of Greenville in western Mississippi, and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Thomas McGehee. Virginia attended elementary school in Grenada, Mississippi, and returned to Greenville to graduate there from Greenville High School. She subsequently received a degree from Randolph Macon Women's College in [[Lynchburg, Virginia|Lynchburg]], [[Virginia]] where she was a member of Chi Omega sorority and the president of the Student Government Association. She was named "Miss Greenville" by the [[Chamber of Commerce]]. When the Bramletts married, he was serving in the Marine Corps, and the young couple lived for a time in Quantico, Virginia, and [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name=vab>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101647818/virginia-bramlett|title=Virginia “Skeeter” McGehee Bramlett|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 3, 2020}}</ref> The couple then returned to Clarksdale, where Bramlett had farming interests. He owned Bramlett Farms and Bramlett Gin & Delint in Clarksdale.<ref name=campaigns/> They were active in the First [[Presbyterian]] Church, allied with the [[conservative]] Presbyterian Church of America congregation in Clarksdale, unaffiliated with the [[liberal]] Presbyterian Church of the USA.<ref name=vab
Three children were born to the union of Leon and Virginia Bramlett: Sallie Key Bramlett Russell (1948–1984),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=102282198|title=Sallie Key Bramlett Russell|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=September 3, 2020}}</ref> Leon Bramlett, III, of [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], and Virginia Hartridge Bramlett of Bowie in Montague County near [[Wichita Falls]], Texas. Leon and Virginia Bramlett are interred at Oakridge Cemetery in Clarksdale, along with their daughter, Sallie Russell.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/154027931/leon-crow-bramlett|title=Leon Crow Bramlett, Jr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 3, 2020}}</ref>
Three children were born to the union of Leon and Virginia Bramlett: Sallie Key Bramlett Russell (1948–1984),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=102282198|title=Sallie Key Bramlett Russell|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=September 3, 2020}}</ref> Leon Bramlett, III, of [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], and Virginia Hartridge Bramlett of Bowie in Montague County near [[Wichita Falls]], Texas. Leon and Virginia Bramlett are interred at Oakridge Cemetery in Clarksdale, along with their daughter, Sallie Russell.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/154027931/leon-crow-bramlett|title=Leon Crow Bramlett, Jr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 3, 2020}}</ref>
==References==
==References==