Leonard Garfield Bradley, Jr.
May 26, 1927 ~ August 30, 2004
Resided in:
Asheville, NC
Asheville ~ Leonard Garfield Bradley, Jr., 77, of Lunsford Road, died Monday, August 30, 2004 in a local hospital.
A native of Buncombe County, Mr. Bradley was the son of the late Ida Owenby and Leonard Garfield Bradley, Sr. He was also preceded in death by his first wife, Beatrice F. MaGaha Bradley in 1989, a son, Danny L. Bradley, a sister, Frances Williams and three brothers, Eldon, Furman and Ancel Bradley.
Mr. Bradley was a US Navy veteran of World War II and retired as a custodian from Charles C. Bell school in 1988.
Survivors include his wife of ten years, Bonnie Bright Bradley; a daughter, Shirley Shepherd of Asheville; a son, Gary Bradley and his wife, Joyce of Asheville; five grandchildren, Lisa Bradley, Kelley Franklin, Julie Shepherd, Butch Bradley and Tony Bradley; one great-grandchild, Bailey K. Franklin; three sisters, Ethelyn Dotson of Fletcher, Lillian Hare of Asheville and Betty Lou Hare and her husband, Don of Asheville and two brothers, Franklin Bradley and his wife, Paulette of Fletcher and Mitchell Bradley and his wife, Louise of Asheville.
A funeral service will be conducted Wednesday at 11:00 AM in the chapel of Groce Funeral Home at Lake Julian on Long Shoals Road with Rev. Lewis Bartlett officiating. Interment will immediately follow in Chapel Hill Baptist Church Cemetery.
The family will receive friends Tuesday evening from 7:00 - 8:30 PM at the funeral home.
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Bonnie & Family.
My Prayers are with you at this time. LG was always so sweet to me. I loved his baking.
Joanna & Hannah
Our prayers are with you at this time. Words are not enough for you at this time. Please put your trust and faith in God and he will be by your side in this time of need. Just take ‘one day at a time’.
Love,
Louise, Gregg and Brian
I have many fond memories of Mr. Bradley and his late wife. I went to Bell School the very first year it opened and both were very involved with the students. My thoughts and prayers are with the entire family at the time.
Sincerely,
Linda Mckinney Perkins
I was saddened to read of the death of Mr. Bradley. He was a wonderful man and a dedicated co-worker of mine at Bell School. We spent many an afternoon chatting about ‘things’ as he came through my classroom at the end of the day. He was so helpful in so many ways. He always had a story or a joke for me. I will never forget the day he put a real bunch of bananas in Mr. McGill’s (another teacher) banana tree. We got the biggest laugh when Mr. McGill came in the next day to discover that his tree had grown bananas overnight.
We exchanged gardening hints with each other. He just knew so much about so many things. He was what you call ‘a jack of all trades’.
Mr. Bradley’s ‘OFFICE’ was the boiler room. I’m sure many of the family got to see how he fixed up that room to his liking. He loved to give my class a tour of it when we did our energy unit.
Your family will miss him, but his memories will live forever in your hearts. I am glad that I had a chance to have crossed paths with him.
In Christ’s love,
Elaine Kiser
Family,
I am so sorry for your loss but we know that he is now with the Lord and he is in a better place. I wish I could be there with you all but I can not get there at this time. My prayers are with you all.
Your Friend In Christ,
My love to you all.
Naomi
Dear Family
I just would like to say you lost a wonderful man today.I went to Bell School and to me Bell School was The Bradley’s School. As a student he could always make you smile even when you didn’t really feel like it.Many a day he would take me home from school when I got sick there because no one was able to come get me.After becomming an adult I would see him at the grocery store where I worked .It amazed me that he still knew my name.I could go on and on about him .May God Bless and keep You .
Papaw and Mamaw were the best grandparents a child could have. From camping on the weekends to picknicks on the parkway. Papaw always saw the good in life and always tried to share the joy with everyone. Today is April 1. April fools day. Papaw loved this day.For everyone that knew him, he was always telling jokes, or playing a joke on someone.Papaw always loved getting a laugh out of somebody. He was the best. Always would try to help anybody he could. I Love and Miss him very much. Papaw taught me alot about being a man.Papaw and Mamaw I will see you again one day in the presence of our Heavenly Father. I Love You!