WAYCROSS — Doris Brauda Gagnon, 97, of Waycross died Monday evening, May 5, 2025, at her residence following an extended illness.
Mrs. Gagnon was born May 8, 1927 in Pierce County. She was the firstborn of 10 children of Curtis Henry Brauda and
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Pearl Gill Brauda.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Gerald A. Gagnon; her son, Ralph L. (Skip) Whittington, Jr.; her brothers, Curtis Brauda and Larry Brauda; her sisters, Bernice Thornton and Kathleen Farnsworth; and a granddaughter, Michelle Whittington.
She is survived by her devoted daughter and caregiver, Kristi Gagnon; her son and daughter-inlaw, Richard and Wanda Whittington; her brother and sister-in-law, Henry and Sue Brauda; her sisters, Maxine Thornton, Virginia Skipper, Faye Jenkins, and Fonda Lynch; her grandchildren, Michael Whittington, Cindy Swaukus, Laura Matthews (Mark), Kelli Claus, and Beth Blanchard; 12 great grandchildren; three great-great grandchildren; and a large extended family.
After growing up in Pierce County and spending her young adult life in
see OBITS, Page 4 St. Joseph, Mo., and Atlanta, Mrs. Gagnon moved to Orlando, Fla., where she opened and operated the first telephone answering service in that city. Following retirement she and her husband moved to Waycross to be near family.
During her years in Waycross she was a member of Williams Chapel Baptist Church. She also expressed her lifelong creativity through quilting and crocheting, and donating her work to many church and charitable causes.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 22 in the Miles-Odum Funeral Home Chapel. The family will receive friends beginning at 10 a.m.
The family will hold a private interment at Offerman Cemetery at a later date.
Sympathy may be expressed by signing online at www.milesodumfuneralhome. com Miles-Odum Funeral
Home is in charge of the arrangements.
