Funeral services for Velma (Bradford) Reed, 92, will be held at 2:00 P.M., Friday, April 8, 2016 at Meador Funeral Home Chapel in Whitesboro with Rev. Joe Patterson officiating. Interment will follow at Macomb Cemetery. Family visitation will be on Thursday from 6:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. at the funeral home.
Mrs. Reed passed away on Wednesday, April 6, 2016 in Sherman, Texas with her family by her side.
Velma was born on July 12, 1923 to Doff F. and Dovie (Whitworth) Bradford in Woodbine, Texas. She married JT Reed in 1939 in Gordonville, Texas. She was one of 23 children in her family. Velma was a member of Central Baptist Church of Whitesboro and she retired from Texas Instruments. She enjoyed gardening, canning the produce from her garden and all of her animals. Velma also enjoyed fishing and crocheting. She most enjoyed her family and loved her grandchildren greatly. Velma loved life and lived her life to the fullest every day.
She is survived by her sons, Larry Reed of Watauga, Texas, Roy Reed and wife, Pat of Calera, Oklahoma and Douglas Reed of Euless; 2 brothers, Archie Bradford and Eddie Bradford and wife Norma June; 3 sisters, Nadine Graves, Joyce Kays and husband, Fred and Lois Ann Osbrun; 15 grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren and numerous great-great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
Velma was proceeded in death by her parents, Doff and Dovie Bradford; husband, JT Reed; a son, Harold Reed and 17 brothers and sisters.
Funeral services for Velma (Bradford) Reed, 92, will be held at 2:00 P.M., Friday, April 8, 2016 at Meador Funeral Home Chapel in Whitesboro with Rev. Joe Patterson officiating. Interment will follow at Macomb Cemetery. Family visitation will be on Thursday from 6:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. at the funeral home.
Mrs. Reed passed away on Wednesday, April 6, 2016 in Sherman, Texas with her family by her side.
Velma was born on July 12, 1923 to Doff F. and Dovie (Whitworth) Bradford in Woodbine, Texas. She married JT Reed in 1939 in Gordonville, Texas. She was one of 23 children in her family. Velma was a member of Central Baptist Church of Whitesboro and she retired from Texas Instruments. She enjoyed gardening, canning the produce from her garden and all of her animals. Velma also enjoyed fishing and crocheting. She most enjoyed her family and loved her grandchildren greatly. Velma loved life and lived her life to the fullest every day.
She is survived by her sons, Larry Reed of Watauga, Texas, Roy Reed and wife, Pat of Calera, Oklahoma and Douglas Reed of Euless; 2 brothers, Archie Bradford and Eddie Bradford and wife Norma June; 3 sisters, Nadine Graves, Joyce Kays and husband, Fred and Lois Ann Osbrun; 15 grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren and numerous great-great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
Velma was proceeded in death by her parents, Doff and Dovie Bradford; husband, JT Reed; a son, Harold Reed and 17 brothers and sisters.
Family Members
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Lola B Bradford Sons
1924–1985
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Jolly Levurn Bradford Brown
1927–2004
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Maudie Bradford Langford
1929–2005
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Edward Eugene Bradford
1931–2019
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Archie Bradford
1933–2018
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Spec Weldon Bradford
1935–1977
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Y O Bradford
1937–2005
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Wanda Nadine Bradford Graves
1939–2023
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Joe Emerson Bradford
1941–1941
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Etta Mae Bradford Bates
1895–1977
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Ethel Bradford Lea
1897–1989
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Willie Orba Bradford Carpenter
1899–1982
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Wylie Fate Bradford
1901–1987
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Jennie Bradford Bloodworth
1903–1993
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John Eston ""Buck"" Bradford
1906–1910
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Odell Atress Bradford Smith
1909–1976
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Robert Bradford
1912–2005
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Perry Randell Bradford
1913–1983
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Virgie Bradford
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