BECKLEY - Robert Parker Bradford, 82, of Dry Creek, Raleigh County, died yesterday in a hospital here after a long illness.
Mr. Bradford was a member of the Presbyterian Church at Dry Creek and a retired miner.
Surviving: wife, Dora; sons, J.L. of Rock Creek, the Rev. Thomas, Don, Posey and Casper of Dry Creek, Charles of Edwight; daughters, Mrs. Victoria Cook of Glen Daniels, Mrs. Ovet Cantley of Rock Creek, Mrs. Buster Burnside of Dry Creek; step-mother, Mrs. Jane Bradford of Dry Creek; sisters, Mrs. Wood Jarrell and Mrs. Harve Jarrell of Dry Creek, Mrs. Tom Jarrell of Grandview, Mrs. Clara Green of Winifrede; half-brother, Joseph Bradford of Mansfield, Ohio; half-sisters, Mrs. Ada Jarrell, Mrs. Icie Bone, Mrs. Sarah Bone and Mrs. Sylvia Bone of Dry Creek, Mrs. Carrie Allen of Fairdale, Mrs. Naoma Carver of Beckley; 27 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren.
Service will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. on the residence lawn by the Rev. Wade Webb. Burial will be in the family cemetery at Dry Creek.
The body will be taken from Valley Funeral Home in Whitesville to the residence today at 6 p.m.
"Big Bob" developed blindness through the years due to cataracts.
Bob was a coal miner and worked many years in the coal mines without injury or an accident. He learned masonry from his father Bill Pap.
Top photo is him in his younger working years.
Photo not shown is picture of him sitting in his living room in his later years after he had gone blind and in his later years of life.
Middle photo is his double marker tombstone with his wife Martha Dora Jarrell.
Bottom photo is a picture of the two room log cabin where they raised their nine children. Some of the children slept in the loft of the house.
Today no one lives in the home and it has fallen in desrepair. I was told it is the second oldest house standing at Dry Creek, WV. It was built about 1899.
BECKLEY - Robert Parker Bradford, 82, of Dry Creek, Raleigh County, died yesterday in a hospital here after a long illness.
Mr. Bradford was a member of the Presbyterian Church at Dry Creek and a retired miner.
Surviving: wife, Dora; sons, J.L. of Rock Creek, the Rev. Thomas, Don, Posey and Casper of Dry Creek, Charles of Edwight; daughters, Mrs. Cora Cook of Glen Daniels, Mrs. Ovet Cantley of Rock Creek, Mrs. Buster Burnside of Dry Creek; step-mother, Mrs. Jane Bradford of Dry Creek; sisters, Mrs. Wood Jarrell and Mrs. Harve Jarrell of Dry Creek, Mrs. Tom Jarrell of Grandview, Mrs. Cora Green of Winifrede; half-brother, Joseph Bradford of Mansfield, Ohio; half-sisters, Mrs. Ada Jarrell, Mrs. Icie Bone, Mrs. Sarah Bone and Mrs. Sylvia Bone of Dry Creek, Mrs. Carrie Allen of Fairdale, Mrs. Naoma Carver of Beckley; 27 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren.
Service will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. on the residence lawn by the Rev. Wade Webb. Burial will be in the family cemetery at Dry Creek.
The body will be taken from Valley Funeral Home in Whitesville to the residence today at 6 p.m.
Mr. Bradford was a member of the Presbyterian Church at Dry Creek and a retired miner.
Surviving: wife, Dora; sons, J.L. of Rock Creek, the Rev. Thomas, Don, Posey and Casper of Dry Creek, Charles of Edwight; daughters, Mrs. Victoria Cook of Glen Daniels, Mrs. Ovet Cantley of Rock Creek, Mrs. Buster Burnside of Dry Creek; step-mother, Mrs. Jane Bradford of Dry Creek; sisters, Mrs. Wood Jarrell and Mrs. Harve Jarrell of Dry Creek, Mrs. Tom Jarrell of Grandview, Mrs. Clara Green of Winifrede; half-brother, Joseph Bradford of Mansfield, Ohio; half-sisters, Mrs. Ada Jarrell, Mrs. Icie Bone, Mrs. Sarah Bone and Mrs. Sylvia Bone of Dry Creek, Mrs. Carrie Allen of Fairdale, Mrs. Naoma Carver of Beckley; 27 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren.
Service will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. on the residence lawn by the Rev. Wade Webb. Burial will be in the family cemetery at Dry Creek.
The body will be taken from Valley Funeral Home in Whitesville to the residence today at 6 p.m.
"Big Bob" developed blindness through the years due to cataracts.
Bob was a coal miner and worked many years in the coal mines without injury or an accident. He learned masonry from his father Bill Pap.
Top photo is him in his younger working years.
Photo not shown is picture of him sitting in his living room in his later years after he had gone blind and in his later years of life.
Middle photo is his double marker tombstone with his wife Martha Dora Jarrell.
Bottom photo is a picture of the two room log cabin where they raised their nine children. Some of the children slept in the loft of the house.
Today no one lives in the home and it has fallen in desrepair. I was told it is the second oldest house standing at Dry Creek, WV. It was built about 1899.
BECKLEY - Robert Parker Bradford, 82, of Dry Creek, Raleigh County, died yesterday in a hospital here after a long illness.
Mr. Bradford was a member of the Presbyterian Church at Dry Creek and a retired miner.
Surviving: wife, Dora; sons, J.L. of Rock Creek, the Rev. Thomas, Don, Posey and Casper of Dry Creek, Charles of Edwight; daughters, Mrs. Cora Cook of Glen Daniels, Mrs. Ovet Cantley of Rock Creek, Mrs. Buster Burnside of Dry Creek; step-mother, Mrs. Jane Bradford of Dry Creek; sisters, Mrs. Wood Jarrell and Mrs. Harve Jarrell of Dry Creek, Mrs. Tom Jarrell of Grandview, Mrs. Cora Green of Winifrede; half-brother, Joseph Bradford of Mansfield, Ohio; half-sisters, Mrs. Ada Jarrell, Mrs. Icie Bone, Mrs. Sarah Bone and Mrs. Sylvia Bone of Dry Creek, Mrs. Carrie Allen of Fairdale, Mrs. Naoma Carver of Beckley; 27 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren.
Service will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. on the residence lawn by the Rev. Wade Webb. Burial will be in the family cemetery at Dry Creek.
The body will be taken from Valley Funeral Home in Whitesville to the residence today at 6 p.m.
BECKLEY - Robert Parker Bradford, 82, of Dry Creek, Raleigh County, died yesterday in a hospital here after a long illness.
Mr. Bradford was a member of the Presbyterian Church at Dry Creek and a retired miner.
Surviving: wife, Dora; sons, J.L. of Rock Creek, the Rev. Thomas, Don, Posey and Casper of Dry Creek, Charles of Edwight; daughters, Mrs. Victoria Cook of Glen Daniels, Mrs. Ovet Cantley of Rock Creek, Mrs. Buster Burnside of Dry Creek; step-mother, Mrs. Jane Bradford of Dry Creek; sisters, Mrs. Wood Jarrell and Mrs. Harve Jarrell of Dry Creek, Mrs. Tom Jarrell of Grandview, Mrs. Clara Green of Winifrede; half-brother, Joseph Bradford of Mansfield, Ohio; half-sisters, Mrs. Ada Jarrell, Mrs. Icie Bone, Mrs. Sarah Bone and Mrs. Sylvia Bone of Dry Creek, Mrs. Carrie Allen of Fairdale, Mrs. Naoma Carver of Beckley; 27 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren.
Service will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. on the residence lawn by the Rev. Wade Webb. Burial will be in the family cemetery at Dry Creek.
The body will be taken from Valley Funeral Home in Whitesville to the residence today at 6 p.m.
"Big Bob" developed blindness through the years due to cataracts.
Bob was a coal miner and worked many years in the coal mines without injury or an accident. He learned masonry from his father Bill Pap.
Top photo is him in his younger working years.
Photo not shown is picture of him sitting in his living room in his later years after he had gone blind and in his later years of life.
Middle photo is his double marker tombstone with his wife Martha Dora Jarrell.
Bottom photo is a picture of the two room log cabin where they raised their nine children. Some of the children slept in the loft of the house.
Today no one lives in the home and it has fallen in desrepair. I was told it is the second oldest house standing at Dry Creek, WV. It was built about 1899.
BECKLEY - Robert Parker Bradford, 82, of Dry Creek, Raleigh County, died yesterday in a hospital here after a long illness.
Mr. Bradford was a member of the Presbyterian Church at Dry Creek and a retired miner.
Surviving: wife, Dora; sons, J.L. of Rock Creek, the Rev. Thomas, Don, Posey and Casper of Dry Creek, Charles of Edwight; daughters, Mrs. Cora Cook of Glen Daniels, Mrs. Ovet Cantley of Rock Creek, Mrs. Buster Burnside of Dry Creek; step-mother, Mrs. Jane Bradford of Dry Creek; sisters, Mrs. Wood Jarrell and Mrs. Harve Jarrell of Dry Creek, Mrs. Tom Jarrell of Grandview, Mrs. Cora Green of Winifrede; half-brother, Joseph Bradford of Mansfield, Ohio; half-sisters, Mrs. Ada Jarrell, Mrs. Icie Bone, Mrs. Sarah Bone and Mrs. Sylvia Bone of Dry Creek, Mrs. Carrie Allen of Fairdale, Mrs. Naoma Carver of Beckley; 27 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren.
Service will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. on the residence lawn by the Rev. Wade Webb. Burial will be in the family cemetery at Dry Creek.
The body will be taken from Valley Funeral Home in Whitesville to the residence today at 6 p.m.
Mr. Bradford was a member of the Presbyterian Church at Dry Creek and a retired miner.
Surviving: wife, Dora; sons, J.L. of Rock Creek, the Rev. Thomas, Don, Posey and Casper of Dry Creek, Charles of Edwight; daughters, Mrs. Victoria Cook of Glen Daniels, Mrs. Ovet Cantley of Rock Creek, Mrs. Buster Burnside of Dry Creek; step-mother, Mrs. Jane Bradford of Dry Creek; sisters, Mrs. Wood Jarrell and Mrs. Harve Jarrell of Dry Creek, Mrs. Tom Jarrell of Grandview, Mrs. Clara Green of Winifrede; half-brother, Joseph Bradford of Mansfield, Ohio; half-sisters, Mrs. Ada Jarrell, Mrs. Icie Bone, Mrs. Sarah Bone and Mrs. Sylvia Bone of Dry Creek, Mrs. Carrie Allen of Fairdale, Mrs. Naoma Carver of Beckley; 27 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren.
Service will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. on the residence lawn by the Rev. Wade Webb. Burial will be in the family cemetery at Dry Creek.
The body will be taken from Valley Funeral Home in Whitesville to the residence today at 6 p.m.
"Big Bob" developed blindness through the years due to cataracts.
Bob was a coal miner and worked many years in the coal mines without injury or an accident. He learned masonry from his father Bill Pap.
Top photo is him in his younger working years.
Photo not shown is picture of him sitting in his living room in his later years after he had gone blind and in his later years of life.
Middle photo is his double marker tombstone with his wife Martha Dora Jarrell.
Bottom photo is a picture of the two room log cabin where they raised their nine children. Some of the children slept in the loft of the house.
Today no one lives in the home and it has fallen in desrepair. I was told it is the second oldest house standing at Dry Creek, WV. It was built about 1899.
BECKLEY - Robert Parker Bradford, 82, of Dry Creek, Raleigh County, died yesterday in a hospital here after a long illness.
Mr. Bradford was a member of the Presbyterian Church at Dry Creek and a retired miner.
Surviving: wife, Dora; sons, J.L. of Rock Creek, the Rev. Thomas, Don, Posey and Casper of Dry Creek, Charles of Edwight; daughters, Mrs. Cora Cook of Glen Daniels, Mrs. Ovet Cantley of Rock Creek, Mrs. Buster Burnside of Dry Creek; step-mother, Mrs. Jane Bradford of Dry Creek; sisters, Mrs. Wood Jarrell and Mrs. Harve Jarrell of Dry Creek, Mrs. Tom Jarrell of Grandview, Mrs. Cora Green of Winifrede; half-brother, Joseph Bradford of Mansfield, Ohio; half-sisters, Mrs. Ada Jarrell, Mrs. Icie Bone, Mrs. Sarah Bone and Mrs. Sylvia Bone of Dry Creek, Mrs. Carrie Allen of Fairdale, Mrs. Naoma Carver of Beckley; 27 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren.
Service will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. on the residence lawn by the Rev. Wade Webb. Burial will be in the family cemetery at Dry Creek.
The body will be taken from Valley Funeral Home in Whitesville to the residence today at 6 p.m.
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James Lewis Bradford
1899–1994
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Victoria Bradford Cook
1903–1989
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Don Bradford
1905–1983
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Rev George Thomas Bradford
1907–1994
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Minnie Ora Bradford Cantley
1910–1994
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Posey Bradford
1913–1999
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Albert Casper "Cap" Bradford
1915–1992
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Charles Wood Bradford
1918–2006
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Fannie Evelyn "Lean" Bradford Burnside
1922–2004
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