Bobby Grace Brakefield

Bobby Grace Brakefield was born May 9th 2022 in Nashville, Tennessee to her grateful parents, Logan and Hendrix. For 2 years 7 months and 7 days she blessed her family and everyone who knew her with her smile, warmth, humor and joy. Bobby was quick to learn and quicker to act. She loved dancing, singing, swinging, jumping, tickling, running errands, going to Big Red School, playing with her cousins and friends, and talking to all people within earshot. She had a beautiful bedroom, but disliked having to sleep, and she experienced constant FOMO when anyone was doing anything she wasn’t. She loved cheese, fruit, and milk and learned to chew bubble gum without swallowing it. She loved to pray before meals and whenever she heard an ambulance. She was too smart, talkative, tall, and empathetic for her age, but that is how it had to be for her to make the impact she did in the time she had. She loved her little brother Murrell, she was his bossy big sister, and the influence she had on him will last his entire life.

She is survived by her mother, Logan; father, Hendrix; little brother, Murrell; loving grandparents, Bob-O, Juju, Bub, and Memaw; great-grandparents, Meme, Ronnie, and Gran; aunts and uncles, Taylor, Mary Cayten, Braxton, Brueck, Anna Claire, and Cameron; cousins, Mary Turner, James, and Lee.

Bobby Grace passed away Sunday December 15th from volvulus, a twisted intestine, at her home in Bowling Green, KY in the arms of her mom and in the presence of her dad and brother. She will be missed and the world will be a little greyer, but her legacy brings light and we hope those who knew her will spread it.

Funeral services will be held at 5 p.m. Thursday, December 19 at the Hillvue Heights Chapel (3219 Nashville Road, Bowling Green, Kentucky) with visitation from 3 p.m. until service time. The family requests that attendees dress in a style appropriate to Bobby Grace's personality and vibrant spirit. Burial will take place in Greenwood Cemetery in Knoxville, Tennessee with a committal service at 3 p.m. on Friday, December 20 at Greenwood Cemetery. J.C. Kirby & Son Funeral Chapels has been entrusted with arrangements.

A Celebration of Bobby Grace's life will follow the funeral service at Hillvue Heights Church. All are invited to attend. If you are planning to stay for the celebration, it would be helpful if you participate by bringing something. You can contact Virginia Stokes to assist with food or other needs for the Celebration to follow the funeral service. Her number is 270-819-0348. Any flowers for the graveside service can be sent to Mynatt Funeral Home-Fountain City, 2829 Rennoc Road, Knoxville, TN 37918.

In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to the Renshaw Early Childhood Center, affectionately known as the “The Big Red School”, c/o College Heights Foundation, 1703 Chestnut Street, Bowling Green, Kentucky 42101.