Bryan Bracewell

Texas barbecue pro and civic leader Bryan Bracewell is the newest member of the Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative Board of Directors. He joined the board in May 2018 as one of the District 3, Bastrop County, directors, replacing James Kershaw, who retired after 36 years of service.

Bryan brings a legacy of his own to the position. He is the third generation of Bracewells to own Southside Market & Barbeque, a business founded in downtown Elgin in 1882 and renowned as the birthplace of Elgin hot sausage. His grandfather, Ernest Bracewell, bought the business in 1968 and relocated it to what is now U.S. 290. That original hot sausage is still on the menu.