Clifford Hampton Bradley was born September 26, 1908 in Winslow, AR, son of Horace Clayton Bradley (1873-1957) and Mary E. Osburn (1876-1968) He had 9 siblings: Walter, Shellie, Nellie, Squire, Bruce, Tony, Odie, Lucy, and Hazel. Cliff wed Margie Rowena Pennell (1916-2012) of Morrow, AR on July 23, 1932 and fathered three daughters; Betty Jean Bradley (1934-stillborn), Carol Janette Bradley Chapin (1935-Living), and Joann "Jody" Bradley (1941-2004).
Cliff worked for his uncle at the saw mill in Morrow, AR until he and Margie moved to Sallisaw, OK in 1941. In Sallisaw, Cliff went into business with Margie's cousin at Mattox's Auto Service, where he worked as a mechanic for 13 years. Cliff was a quiet, friendly man. He was helpful to his friends and neighbors, and he enjoyed reading.
Cliff and Margie divorced in 1954 and he and Sallisaw schoolteacher, Clariece Thompson Garrett, moved to New Mexico and were married. Cliff remained wedded to Clariece in Lovington, NM until his death in 1998. Cliff was stepfather to Richard Dean Garrett .
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Cliff and his siblings were 2nd cousins to 5-Star General Omar Nelson Bradley . Their father, Horace Clayton Bradley, was 1st cousin to John Smith Bradley, Omar's father.
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In 2023, it was discovered through DNA profiling via Ancestry.com, that Cliff is the biological father of Edward Andrew Caldwell . Cliff and Edward's mother, Trudy, were childhood neighbors and friends, but apparently not well-suited enough to have a life together. We will likely never know why they made the choices they made.
Cliff worked for his uncle at the saw mill in Morrow, AR until he and Margie moved to Sallisaw, OK in 1941. In Sallisaw, Cliff went into business with Margie's cousin at Mattox's Auto Service, where he worked as a mechanic for 13 years. Cliff was a quiet, friendly man. He was helpful to his friends and neighbors, and he enjoyed reading.
Cliff and Margie divorced in 1954 and he and Sallisaw schoolteacher, Clariece Thompson Garrett, moved to New Mexico and were married. Cliff remained wedded to Clariece in Lovington, NM until his death in 1998. Cliff was stepfather to Richard Dean Garrett .
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Cliff and his siblings were 2nd cousins to 5-Star General Omar Nelson Bradley . Their father, Horace Clayton Bradley, was 1st cousin to John Smith Bradley, Omar's father.
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In 2023, it was discovered through DNA profiling via Ancestry.com, that Cliff is the biological father of Edward Andrew Caldwell . Cliff and Edward's mother, Trudy, were childhood neighbors and friends, but apparently not well-suited enough to have a life together. We will likely never know why they made the choices they made.
Clifford Hampton Bradley was born September 26, 1908 in Winslow, AR, son of Horace Clayton Bradley (1873-1957) and Mary E. Osburn (1876-1968) He had 9 siblings: Walter, Shellie, Nellie, Squire, Bruce, Tony, Odie, Lucy, and Hazel. Cliff wed Margie Rowena Pennell (1916-2012) of Morrow, AR on July 23, 1932 and fathered three daughters; Betty Jean Bradley (1934-stillborn), Carol Janette Bradley Chapin (1935-Living), and Joann "Jody" Bradley (1941-2004).
Cliff worked for his uncle at the saw mill in Morrow, AR until he and Margie moved to Sallisaw, OK in 1941. In Sallisaw, Cliff went into business with Margie's cousin at Mattox's Auto Service, where he worked as a mechanic for 13 years. Cliff was a quiet, friendly man. He was helpful to his friends and neighbors, and he enjoyed reading.
Cliff and Margie divorced in 1954 and he and Sallisaw schoolteacher, Clariece Thompson Garrett, moved to New Mexico and were married. Cliff remained wedded to Clariece in Lovington, NM until his death in 1998. Cliff was stepfather to Richard Dean Garrett .
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Cliff and his siblings were 2nd cousins to 5-Star General Omar Nelson Bradley . Their father, Horace Clayton Bradley, was 1st cousin to John Smith Bradley, Omar's father.
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In 2023, it was discovered through DNA profiling via Ancestry.com, that Cliff is the biological father of Edward Andrew Caldwell . Cliff and Edward's mother, Trudy, were childhood neighbors and friends, but apparently not well-suited enough to have a life together. We will likely never know why they made the choices they made.
Cliff worked for his uncle at the saw mill in Morrow, AR until he and Margie moved to Sallisaw, OK in 1941. In Sallisaw, Cliff went into business with Margie's cousin at Mattox's Auto Service, where he worked as a mechanic for 13 years. Cliff was a quiet, friendly man. He was helpful to his friends and neighbors, and he enjoyed reading.
Cliff and Margie divorced in 1954 and he and Sallisaw schoolteacher, Clariece Thompson Garrett, moved to New Mexico and were married. Cliff remained wedded to Clariece in Lovington, NM until his death in 1998. Cliff was stepfather to Richard Dean Garrett .
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Cliff and his siblings were 2nd cousins to 5-Star General Omar Nelson Bradley . Their father, Horace Clayton Bradley, was 1st cousin to John Smith Bradley, Omar's father.
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In 2023, it was discovered through DNA profiling via Ancestry.com, that Cliff is the biological father of Edward Andrew Caldwell . Cliff and Edward's mother, Trudy, were childhood neighbors and friends, but apparently not well-suited enough to have a life together. We will likely never know why they made the choices they made.
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