Dorothy Acosta Bracy

Mrs. Dorothy Acosta Bracy, (a.k.a, “Ms. Dot”), died at age 83 on Thursday evening, the 27th of August 2020. She grew up in Lake City, Florida with a few brothers and a whole lot of sisters. Her parents were Josie “Joe” Acosta and Myrtle Wilson Acosta. After marrying Mr. Walter “Doc” Bracy in November of 1957, she moved to his hometown, Kissimmee, Florida. They remained married until he died in July of 2006. They were active members of St. Luke Missionary Baptist Church in Kissimmee. She served as an usher for many years before her health began to hinder her from performing duties she mastered like no other. She really loved being a deaconess, especially on first Sundays when she sported her beautiful white dresses, fancy white hats, and cute white dress shoes. Mrs. Bracy worked hard all of her life – on the farm as a child, in the house as a homemaker, in the different businesses she co-owned and operated with her husband, in other people’s homes and hotel rooms, on assembly lines in Kissimmee and St. Cloud, and in her gardens planting produce and caring for pretty plants. She enjoyed listening to good music, (especially gospel, and country and western hits), painting intricate pictures, going out to eat in her favorite restaurants, and sightseeing during joyrides. In addition to her parents and her husband, Ms. Dot was predeceased by two stepsons, (Bobby and Dave, Sr.); 1 brother, (Doshia); and too many sisters to name in this space. Her surviving family members include her 8 biological children, (Cleo, Gail, Jarvis, Linda, Queen, Tracy, Vicki, and Tara); 5 stepchildren, (Larry, Linsey, Ervin, Rolando, and Jeffery); 23 grandchildren; 10+ step grandchildren; 50+ great-grandchildren; 4 brothers, (Leon, Joe, Jr., Willis, and Daniel); 5 sisters, (Alice, Missouri, Nancy, Lena, and Minnie Pearl); 3 godsisters, all from the Lesesne family, (LaVon, Juanita and Lisa); 1 special sister-in-law, (Johnnye Watson); 1 special brother-in-law, (Earl Smart); lots of caring cousins, especially Wilsons and Parkers; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

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Dorothy Acosta Bracy

April 11, 1937 - August 27, 2020