MASON FUNERAL HOME   320 HIGHWAY 48   SUMMERVILLE, GEORGIA 30747  
706-857-2211       MR. LOYD JAMES BRADFORD, "GRANDDADDY", AGE 82, OF
GAYLESVILLE, AL PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY ON FEBRUARY 5, 2016 AT HIS
RESIDENCE.       MR. BRADFORD WAS BORN IN JACKSON COUNTY, ALABAMA ON
SEPTEMBER 19, 1933 TO THE LATE WALLACE AND FANNIE JANE BRADFORD. MR.
BRADFORD WAS A RETIRED TRUCK DRIVER, A LOVING CHRISTIAN AND WAS A MEMBER
OF
EMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH IN GAYLESVILLE AL. "GRANDADDY", AS LOYD LIKED TO
BE
CALLED, LIVED HIS LIFE FOR THE LORD AND ENJOYED TRAVELING AND CAMPING, AS
WELL AS SPENDING TIME WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS,
HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS 1ST WIFE, REBECCA HOLDER BRADFORD, SIX
SISTERS AND TWO BROTHERS.       SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS WIFE OF 34 YEARS,
SUE
BRADFORD, SON MARK BRADFORD (DONNA) OF GAYLESVILLE, AND DAUGHTER, JOYCE
HUGHES (EDWARD) OF GAYLESVILLE, STEP-DAUGHTERS, BRENDA ADAMS (CHRIS) AND
SHERRY HUGHES OF FYFE, AL AND STEP-SON, ANTHONY HUGHES (PATRICIA) OF
MARINO
VALLEY, CA. HE ALSO LEAVES BEHIND HIS BELOVED GRANDCHILDREN AND
GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, TIFFANY GOWENS (DANNY) AND THEIR CHILDREN, SKYLER,
BRAXTON AND MCKENZIE BLANKENSHIP, HEATHER GARRETT (ADAM) AND THEIR
CHILDREN, CHASE AND CALEY, LAUREN MASON (JAMIE) AND THEIR CHILDREN, AUSTIN
AND JASE, BRITTANY HAMILTON (ANDY) AND THEIR DAUGHTER, ZADA, AND TYLER
BRADFORD (MACY) AND THEIR DAUGHTER, TYLEE, JASON ADAMS (AMY) AND THEIR
DAUGHTER, ADDY, LATOSHA SAWYER (PEP) AND THEIR CHILDREN, KALIEGH, LALLIE
AND RALLEIGH, SISTER, ELIZABETH HAYNES, ALONG WITH SEVERAL NIECES,
NEPHEWS,
COUSINS AND HIS DOG, MAX.       FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 11:00
NOON
CST ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2016 AT MASON FUNERAL HOME OF SUMMERVILLE WITH
REV. SANFORD DEBERRY OFFICIATING WITH GRAVESIDE AND INTERMENT SERVICE
FOLLOWING AT 2:00 P.M.CST IN PINE HAVEN CEMETERY IN HOLLYWOOD, AL.      
ACTIVE PALLBEARERS ARE TYLER BRADFORD, SKYLER BLANKENSHIP, CHASE GARRETT,
BRAXTON BLANKENSHIP, AUSTIN MASON AND JASE MASON. THE FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO
EXTEND A SPECIAL HEART-FELT THANK YOU TO THE NURSES AND STAFF OF SOUTHERN
HOSPICE IN GADSDEN AL, AND CHEROKEE HOME HEALTH FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING CARE
AND SUPPORT DURING HIS ILLNESS.        MR. BRADFORD WILL LIE IN STATE AT
MASON FUNERAL HOME AND THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS ON SUNDAY FROM 5 TO
7PM CST.