- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Homecoming Celebration for Thara Marshall Bradley, Thursday, September 23, 1999, 10:00 a.m., Second Saint John Baptist Church, Springhill Community, Brewton, Alabama, Officiating Reverend James Jackson
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 1999-09-23
- Subject:
- African American men--Texas--Brewton--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Texas--Brewton--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Texas--Brewton---History--20th century
Funeral service--Texas--Brewton--History--20th century
Mourning customs--Texas--Brewton--History--20th century
African Americans--Texas--Brewton--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Texas, Jefferson County, Brewton, 30.1027845, -94.162394
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Thara Marshall Bradley. Birth date: October 24, 1949. Death date: (not recorded). Funeral date: September 23, 1999. Church: Second Saint John Baptist Church (Brewton, Ala.). The Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection is a project of the Digital Library of Georgia in association with the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History as part of Georgia HomePLACE. The project is supported with federal LSTA funds administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:aarl_afpc_bradleytharamarshall19990923
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_bradleytharamarshall19990923
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
-
Pallbearers
Nephew and Family
Charles T. Bradley
Calvin Avant, Jr.
Charles Williams
Alvin Washington
Lucius Hendrieth
Arthur Brooks
Flower Bearers Cousins and Friends
Interment
Springhill Cemetery
Acknowledgement
The family of Thara Marshall Bradley, will be forever grateful for the many acts of kindness shown during this time of bereavement. Your calls, your visits, the cards, food and especially your prayers have been most comforting and very much appreciated. May God '.s richest blessings abide with each of you. Please continue to lift the family in your prayers.
-Arrangements Entrusted To-
Presley-Fiuker Funeral Directors
39676 Highway 31
Brewton, Alabama 36426
Jlomecoming Cefe6ration for
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Thursday, September 23, 1999
10:00 a.m.
Second Saint John Baptist Church Springhill Community Brewton, Alabama _ Officiating
Reverend James Jackson
Obituary
Beyond Life's Gateway
There is an open gate at the end of the road through which each must go alone and there is a light we cannot see, our Father claims his own. Beyond this gate our loved one finds happiness, peace, and rest. There is comfort in the thought that a loving God knows best.
Thara Marshall Bradley was born October 24, 1949 in Brewton, Alabama to the late Mr. Charlie Bradley, Sr. and Mrs. Fannie L. Bradley. He was the youngest of three sons born to this union.
As a small child, he was adamantly escorted by his parents to the Second Saint John Baptist Church in Springhill. There he accepted Christ as his personal Savior.
Thara attended and received his high school education from Southern Normal School, Brewton, Alabama. He was a member of the graduating class of 1967. He continued his education at Alabama State University for approximately three years. Thara entered the United States Army in 1971 where he served his country with distinction. As a member of the I 01 st Airborne Division, he received a certificate for serving in Vietnam, the citation Army Commendation Medal, and the Bronze Star Medal for exceptional service and later received an honorable discharge on December 1, 1974.
He leaves to cherish his memories, a devoted mother, Fannie L. Bradley, Brewton, AL; one son: Travis Bradley (Stacey), Pensacola, Florida; one daughter: Danielle Bradley and her mother (Diane Bradley), Brewton, AL; one brother: Charlie Bradley, Jr. (Margaret), Brewton, AL; one nephew: Charles T. Bradley, Hollis, New York; two nieces: Patricia Bradley, Los Angeles, CA, and Kwane M. Bradley, Brewton, AL; seven aunts: Barna Williams, Gulfport, Ms, Luverne Murphy, Detroit, MI, Jannie Avant, Brewton, AL; Romaine Benjamin, Brewton, AL; Mattie Maddix, Detroit, MI, and Allie Snowden, Brewton, AL; one uncle: Lem Bradley, Fort Lauderdale, FL; a host of cousins, extended family and friends.
An Endearing Memory... Declining Thoughts
by Chad Bradley
(Deceased son, 1992)
Some days I feel like a mountain, Proud, mighty, and majestic, An inconquerable presence causing awe, Towering above everyone, unmatched in existence.
Some days I feel like a rock, Hard and unbudging, Unfeeling and cold to all in contact, With little or no use to anyone.
Some days I feel like a pebble, Tossed about by people walking by, Made to be skipped across life's lake, Only to eventually settle to the bottom with others.
Some days I feel like a grain of sand, Viewed as a most insignificant speck, Ground by the pressures during the day, Smaller and diminished, but equally important.
T.R. Miller High School Brewton City School System State Board of Education Districl I Grade 12 Ms P.atsy Jacks, Teacher.
Order of Service
Processional Selection ...............................Choir Scriptures
Old Testament .... . .. . ...Rev. H.K. Matthews New Testament .........Rev. Danny Benjamin Prayer of Comfort ...............Rev. Willie Blue Musical Selection ..............Sister Lula Walker Expressions ...................Dr. Douglas Little Acknowledgments .......Sis. Tina Benjamin Fraser Silent Mediation ...........The Obituary Observed Selection .................Dea. Richard Benjamin Eulogy ......................Rev. James Jackson Recessional