Hazel Irene Bradley
Funeral services for Hazel Irene Bradley, 99, Peace Valley, Missouri, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, March 10, 2017 in the Rose Chapel at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.
Mrs. Bradley passed away at 12:05 a.m., Tuesday, March 7, 2017 at Brooke Haven Health Care.
She was born October 27, 1917, at Thomasville, Missouri, to Robert Martin Thompson and Alma Nettie Fisher Thompson. On July 8, 1939, she was married at West Plains, Missouri, to Lawrence Ruel Bradley, who preceded her in death on February 19, 2004. Mrs. Bradley worked as a cook for West Plains High School for twenty-eight years. She had also been a cook at West Plains Health Care and Hammond Mill Bible Camp. She loved baking cookies for her grandchildren and for Bible School. Mrs. Bradley enjoyed cooking for her family and neighbors and was known for her delicious pies. She was excellent at quilting and kept an immaculate yard and flower gardens. In her younger years she was active in 4-H, quilting clubs and various community activities. Mrs. Bradley was a member of Bennett Chapel Church and had attended Church of the Brethren and most recently at Assembly of God Church of Pomona.
She is survived by two sons, Martin Bradley and wife, Stella, West Plains, Missouri and Melvin Bradley and wife, Christine, Peace Valley, Missouri; six grandchildren, Tim Bradley and wife, Sandy, Harrison, Tennessee, Tereana Kerr, Papillion, Nebraska, Tammy Adelsberger, Peace Valley, Missouri, Cynthia Edwards and husband, Michael, Anchorage, Alaska, Sherry Smith and husband, Brian, West Plains, Missouri and Saundra Bradley, Peace Valley, Missouri; eighteen great-grandchildren; eight great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Her parents, husband, one son, Kenneth Bradley, infant twin siblings, three brothers, Russell Thompson, R.M. “Babe” Thompson and Bernard Thompson, three sisters, Marie Miles, Maxine Nivens and Mary Ann Brown and one great-niece, Carrie Womack, precede her in death.
Visitation will be from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m., Thursday, at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home. Burial will be in the New Hope Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Gideon Bible Society or St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital and may be left at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.
Barbara Bennett
March 8, 2017 @ 2:35 pm
Your families is in our prayers for this season of loss. You have a great loss, empty spot in your hearts but Heaven is gained a wonderful soul and reunited her with her beloved husband!
The Bennett Family
Hassel and Alice Vandergriff
March 9, 2017 @ 7:29 am
I am so sorry to hear of Mrs. Bradley’s passing. I remember her and Ruel well from their work at WPHS. You are in my thoughts and prayers.
Rolan Norsworthy
March 9, 2017 @ 11:54 am
I was saddened to hear of Hazel’s passing. She will be greatly missed by the Peace Valley Community and by those of us who knew and loved her. Her love for her family and for her Lord and her knowledge of the Bible has always stood out to me as being a much needed example in our increasingly godless society. She was one of my biggest supporters and a great encouragement to me when I pastored the Church of the Brethren years ago. She will always hold a special place in my heart. Prayers for the family.
Pam Williams
March 9, 2017 @ 2:44 pm
When I heard about Hazel I was torn between being very sad and very happy — she longed to go home to Ruel for so long. I was so fortunate to have Hazel in my life, as a child and as an adult— I loved being in her family – whether it was a letter, card or the many things she sewed for me, now I can pass onto my girls that she loved so much. I will miss you Hazel, you will never be forgotten and always loved. You have a wonderful family and I enjoyed my talks with Stella – thank you for being so kind to me. I will always remember all the wonderful meals she would cook up – and sitting out on the porch talking about cows, planting veggies and all the animals she caught in a cage that day. Heaven is a lot sweeter now that you are there where there are so many to greet you home.
The stars will shine a lot brighter with you there looking down on us all.. I love you Hazel!!
Love to the family who took such good care of this special Lady… love you too
My Mom & Hazel would talk for hours and laugh at the good ole days; get lost in the kitchen fixing the best desserts and talking about what the kids were doing.
Yes, I will miss you terribly and I know your family will miss you also – but we all know and are comforted in knowing where you are and being the arms of Jesus and Ruel.
May God bless you all.
Pam from Texas~~~
Pam Williams
March 10, 2017 @ 1:55 pm
Dear Aunt Hazel – there is a big party for you right now, oh how I wish I could be there to kiss your sweet face good bye —- Stella said she would tell you “I Love You” and kiss you good bye for me… We are thinking of you and praying for your family right now – I told Karen last nite and she said she would tell the girls, so I know for a fact they will be thinking of you.
I know it will be a beautiful service and your resting place next to Uncle Ruel is a very pretty setting, someday I will come back and visit you both, but right now I will send you my heart thru this message. I know you love us and we certainly love you.
Sing and dance for Jesus – it must be a beautiful place to call home.
missing you ….
Pam from Texas
Candace Nash
March 10, 2017 @ 6:37 pm
Jim and I and his mother Dorothy are so sorry to hear this. We didn’t know it until Friday evening. We would have been there for the family. She was a great lady and will be missed greatly.