James Donald Bradley Sr., 84, passed away peacefully in his home on Wednesday, May 23, 2012, with his family and friends at his side. The funeral service will be 2 p.m., Tuesday, May 29, 2012, at Immanuel Lutheran Church of Wiedeville in Brenham, Texas, with Pastor Jim Abbott officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m., Monday, May 28 at Brenham Memorial Chapel.
James Donald was born in Garner, Texas, to the late Samuel and Sarah Frances Bradley. Don was veteran of the United States Army, serving from 1946 to 1948, where he served as a Military Policeman providing security for the Japanese War Trials. He met Glenda Lucille Baker on Friday 13, 1950 at a high school basketball game. He and Glenda were married six months later on Friday, April 13, 1951. He worked in the oil fields in New Mexico and Texas until September 12, 1954, when he became a letter carrier for the United States Post Office in Odessa, TX. In 1956 he transferred to the Pasadena, TX Post Office as a carrier. He was promoted to supervisor in 1970 and in 1972 he became Postmaster of Deer Park, TX. Don retired as Postmaster on August 4, 1983 and moved to Colmesneil, TX where he worked with the Woodville School District as a bus driver. He and his wife Glenda moved to Brenham, TX in the spring of 2007 where they became members of the Immanuel Lutheran Church of Wiedeville. Don was a very friendly and loving man who never met a stranger. He loved country and gospel music and knew the artists of the songs by heart. Old movies from the 1930s through the 1950s were his favorite.
He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Glenda; daughters, Debra Jo Allen and husband, Ray, of San Marcos, and Lori Watford and husband, Gary, of Brenham; son, James Donald Bradley, Jr. and wife, Becky, of Pasadena, TX; ten grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; brother Wayman Bradley and wife, Sharon, of Bellville, TX; sister, Lela Fay Jones, of Pasadena, TX; and numerous nieces and nephews. N9
James Donald was born in Garner, Texas, to the late Samuel and Sarah Frances Bradley. Don was veteran of the United States Army, serving from 1946 to 1948, where he served as a Military Policeman providing security for the Japanese War Trials. He met Glenda Lucille Baker on Friday 13, 1950 at a high school basketball game. He and Glenda were married six months later on Friday, April 13, 1951. He worked in the oil fields in New Mexico and Texas until September 12, 1954, when he became a letter carrier for the United States Post Office in Odessa, TX. In 1956 he transferred to the Pasadena, TX Post Office as a carrier. He was promoted to supervisor in 1970 and in 1972 he became Postmaster of Deer Park, TX. Don retired as Postmaster on August 4, 1983 and moved to Colmesneil, TX where he worked with the Woodville School District as a bus driver. He and his wife Glenda moved to Brenham, TX in the spring of 2007 where they became members of the Immanuel Lutheran Church of Wiedeville. Don was a very friendly and loving man who never met a stranger. He loved country and gospel music and knew the artists of the songs by heart. Old movies from the 1930s through the 1950s were his favorite.
He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Glenda; daughters, Debra Jo Allen and husband, Ray, of San Marcos, and Lori Watford and husband, Gary, of Brenham; son, James Donald Bradley, Jr. and wife, Becky, of Pasadena, TX; ten grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; brother Wayman Bradley and wife, Sharon, of Bellville, TX; sister, Lela Fay Jones, of Pasadena, TX; and numerous nieces and nephews. N9
James Donald Bradley Sr., 84, passed away peacefully in his home on Wednesday, May 23, 2012, with his family and friends at his side. The funeral service will be 2 p.m., Tuesday, May 29, 2012, at Immanuel Lutheran Church of Wiedeville in Brenham, Texas, with Pastor Jim Abbott officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m., Monday, May 28 at Brenham Memorial Chapel.
James Donald was born in Garner, Texas, to the late Samuel and Sarah Frances Bradley. Don was veteran of the United States Army, serving from 1946 to 1948, where he served as a Military Policeman providing security for the Japanese War Trials. He met Glenda Lucille Baker on Friday 13, 1950 at a high school basketball game. He and Glenda were married six months later on Friday, April 13, 1951. He worked in the oil fields in New Mexico and Texas until September 12, 1954, when he became a letter carrier for the United States Post Office in Odessa, TX. In 1956 he transferred to the Pasadena, TX Post Office as a carrier. He was promoted to supervisor in 1970 and in 1972 he became Postmaster of Deer Park, TX. Don retired as Postmaster on August 4, 1983 and moved to Colmesneil, TX where he worked with the Woodville School District as a bus driver. He and his wife Glenda moved to Brenham, TX in the spring of 2007 where they became members of the Immanuel Lutheran Church of Wiedeville. Don was a very friendly and loving man who never met a stranger. He loved country and gospel music and knew the artists of the songs by heart. Old movies from the 1930s through the 1950s were his favorite.
He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Glenda; daughters, Debra Jo Allen and husband, Ray, of San Marcos, and Lori Watford and husband, Gary, of Brenham; son, James Donald Bradley, Jr. and wife, Becky, of Pasadena, TX; ten grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; brother Wayman Bradley and wife, Sharon, of Bellville, TX; sister, Lela Fay Jones, of Pasadena, TX; and numerous nieces and nephews. N9
James Donald was born in Garner, Texas, to the late Samuel and Sarah Frances Bradley. Don was veteran of the United States Army, serving from 1946 to 1948, where he served as a Military Policeman providing security for the Japanese War Trials. He met Glenda Lucille Baker on Friday 13, 1950 at a high school basketball game. He and Glenda were married six months later on Friday, April 13, 1951. He worked in the oil fields in New Mexico and Texas until September 12, 1954, when he became a letter carrier for the United States Post Office in Odessa, TX. In 1956 he transferred to the Pasadena, TX Post Office as a carrier. He was promoted to supervisor in 1970 and in 1972 he became Postmaster of Deer Park, TX. Don retired as Postmaster on August 4, 1983 and moved to Colmesneil, TX where he worked with the Woodville School District as a bus driver. He and his wife Glenda moved to Brenham, TX in the spring of 2007 where they became members of the Immanuel Lutheran Church of Wiedeville. Don was a very friendly and loving man who never met a stranger. He loved country and gospel music and knew the artists of the songs by heart. Old movies from the 1930s through the 1950s were his favorite.
He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Glenda; daughters, Debra Jo Allen and husband, Ray, of San Marcos, and Lori Watford and husband, Gary, of Brenham; son, James Donald Bradley, Jr. and wife, Becky, of Pasadena, TX; ten grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; brother Wayman Bradley and wife, Sharon, of Bellville, TX; sister, Lela Fay Jones, of Pasadena, TX; and numerous nieces and nephews. N9
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