David Bratton
Greenville, Texas
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DAVID GLEN BRATTON was last seen in Greenville, Texas on July 24, 1986.
His cream colored 1977 Chevrolet Nova was found abandoned in Delta County, Texas.
David is the oldest missing persons case in Hunt County, Texas.
If you have any information about David Bratton, please contact the Hunt County Sheriff's Department at 903-453-6800.
If you wish to remain anonymous, you can contact Crime Stoppers at 903-457-2929.
His cream colored 1977 Chevrolet Nova was found abandoned in Delta County, Texas.
David is the oldest missing persons case in Hunt County, Texas.
If you have any information about David Bratton, please contact the Hunt County Sheriff's Department at 903-453-6800.
If you wish to remain anonymous, you can contact Crime Stoppers at 903-457-2929.
David Bratton
David Bratton
In my search for information on David Bratton I found a painting of him posted online. I was unsure of the artist and the details of why he chose to do the painting of David. Recently the artist reached out to me to give more information and the story behind the painting.
The painting of David Bratton was made around 2007 by artist, J.D. Shipman, towards the end of his undergraduate degree in painting and sculpting. The artist was doing a series of paintings utilizing photo references from the internet. The artist was primarily dealing with missing persons who had been missing for extended periods of time and executed criminals from the State of Texas. These works are generally related to Catholic devotional practices. In the painting of David Bratton, the artist incorporated the text of the prayer to St. Anthony (patron saint of lost people and objects) in the darkest layer of black. It's quite hard to read in the web image, but according to the artist it's quite visible in the original painting.
Painting by artist, J.D. Shipman
The painting of David Bratton was made around 2007 by artist, J.D. Shipman, towards the end of his undergraduate degree in painting and sculpting. The artist was doing a series of paintings utilizing photo references from the internet. The artist was primarily dealing with missing persons who had been missing for extended periods of time and executed criminals from the State of Texas. These works are generally related to Catholic devotional practices. In the painting of David Bratton, the artist incorporated the text of the prayer to St. Anthony (patron saint of lost people and objects) in the darkest layer of black. It's quite hard to read in the web image, but according to the artist it's quite visible in the original painting.
Painting by artist, J.D. Shipman
David's original missing persons poster from Texas Department of Public Safety.
Website by Texas Advocates for the Missing