Patsy Jane Bragg (Bucktrout Funeral Home)

Patsy Jane Bragg, 93, a long-time resident of Williamsburg, Virginia, died peacefully July 25, 2025.

A proud Arkansan by birth, she embraced her love for Virginia, making Virginia her home for more than 50 years. She was the daughter of Tomlinson Newton Means, a farmer, teacher, and county elected official, and Martha Barris Jorgenson Means, a homemaker from Woodberry, Arkansas. She was the last surviving of twelve children born to Mr. Tom and Ms. Marthy Means, with long-standing family roots in Calhoun County.

After graduating from Hampton High School, she attended Henderson State Teachers College in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, leaving school early to join her older sisters living in Washington DC after the war. She completed her education at the Un

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