Mrs. Mary Carpenter Bradley

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Posted by: Sorrells Funeral Home
Date: Feb 20 2013 4:05 PM

Mrs. Mary Carpenter Bradley of Perry, GA (formerly of Wicksburg) passed away Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at Perry Hospital in Georgia.  She was 85.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, February 22, in Piney Grove Assembly of God Church with Rev. Ed Bradley and Rev. Billy Thomas officiating.  Burial will follow in church cemetery with Sorrells Funeral Home of Slocomb directing.  Flowers will be accepted or contributions may be made to Piney Grove Assembly of God Church Cemetery Fund, 266 South County Road 9, Newton, AL  36352.

The family will receive friends at the church on Friday from 1:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. 

Mrs. Bradley was born on July 8, 1927 in Barbour County, AL to the late Oscar Lee and Beatrice Campbell Carpenter.  She earned her GED along with her sister, Pauline Mathis, after they both had raised their children. 

She was preceded in death by her husband, William Gordon Bradley, who passed away on September 10, 2000.  She was living in Perry, GA with her son, Edward and Vicki Bradley.  Mrs. Bradley was known as “Aunt Mary” to a host of nephews and nieces.

She was preceded in death by her parents, brothers and sisters:  Pauline (Hosea) Mathis, O.H. (Bonnie) Carpenter, Ray (Kathryn) Carpenter, Billy Carpenter, Wayne Carpenter, Howard Carpenter and Lillian Carpenter.

Survivors include her son:  Edward (Vicki) Bradley of Perry, GA; two daughters:  Janice Carmiencke of Alamagordo, NM and Theresa Creagan of St. Cloud, FL; grandchildren:  Kara, Anna, Jesse, Aaron, Ryan and Rebecca; one sister:  Milbris (James) Shaw of Smiths, AL; one brother:  James (Mildred) Carpenter of Slocomb; two sisters-in-law:  Evelyn (Billy) Carpenter of Wicksburg and Maxine (Wayne) Carpenter of Eufaula, AL; a brother-in-law:  I.H. Bazhaw of Albany, GA; and a host of nieces and nephews.

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