Patricia Bragg

Patricia Bragg (born April 29, 1929) is an American businesswoman, author and health consultant who is the nominal head of Bragg Health Products and Books.^[1]

Early years

Born the daughter of Harry Clay Pendleton (1874-1961), a building contractor, and Nettie (Coward) Pendleton (1898-1964), she was reared in Piedmont, California, attending both grammar and high schools there, graduating from the Mary Wallace School, a private Piedmont grammar/high school for girls, in June 1947. (Oakland Tribune, June 7, 1947, "Gala Occasion For Young Set".)

After high school, she attended the University of California-Berkeley for two years (Oakland Tribune, September 8, 1954, "Braggs Leave For L. A. Home"), but did not graduate (Cal-Berkeley Alumni database), although in an interview with Marilyn McMahon, staff writer, published in the Santa Barbara News-Press on March 8, 2011 (accessible on-line), Bragg claimed she graduated from that institution with a "bachelor's degree in biochemistry". In the same interview, Bragg stated that her mother died at age 45 in an automobile accident, which conflicts with both Nettie Pendleton's Oakland Tribune obituary of July 30, 1964 ("Mrs. Pendleton, whose death followed a brief illness, is survived by a daughter, Patricia Pendleton Bragg, of Hollywood; and two sons, Harry C. Pendleton, Jr., of Oakland, and ...."), and her death certificate, which documents her cause of death as "Cerebral Metastasis due to Carcinoma L [left] Lung" on July 29, 1964 at age 65. (State of California Certificate of Death ?-0860ll).

On April 19, 1952, Patricia Pendleton and Robert E. Bragg (1922-1993) were married at the First Presbyterian Church of Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ per Maricopa County, AZ Recorder Book 123, Page 602. They later divorced in 1957 in Los Angeles County, CA.

Career

For approximately the next two decades, Patricia assisted her former father-in-law, Paul C. Bragg, in his lecture tours and participated in his exercise/health program which ran on (then) KHJ-TV, Channel 9, Los Angeles, from 1959 to an unknown date. Also, many Bragg books are attributed to her as co-author or author.

Her father - or father-in-law, according to some sources - was Paul Bragg, who during his lifetime was considered a prominent leader in the movement for Natural hygiene. Bragg established a self-help health movement that sought to avoid drugs and surgery and to focus on preventive health practices.

Second marriage

On March 31, 1976, Patricia Bragg, stating her father's name as "Paul C. Bragg" and her mother's maiden name as "Nettie Coward", her birth date as "April 29, 1946", her age as "30", and that this was her "first marriage" on the Application for Marriage License,^[2] married James Cameron Gilroy (1954-1977) in Tujunga, CA. They were divorced approximately 5 months later, and Mr. Gilroy died the following July 1, 1977 at age 22.^[3]

References

External link

Patricia Bragg interview