Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Brafford, Edith (Harrell) 2002 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net December 27, 2009, 4:31 pm Ionia Sentinel Standard, 25 May 2002 Edith Brafford, 76, of Ionia passed away Thursday, May 23, 2002. She was born April 25, 1926 in Knoxville, Tenn., the daughter of George and Bertha (Beeler) Harrell. She went on to marry Ray Arthur Brafford February 6, 1948 who preceded her in death in 1992. Edith is survived by her children Sammie Massingill of Hastings, Virginia and Ray Donilowicz of Texas, Laura and Dale Bowen of New Mexico, Helen and Frank Abbott of New Mexico, Stanley Brafford of Ionia and Michael and Shelly Brafford of Indiana, sister Margaret Owens of Tennessee, 11 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by granddaughter Michele Mutchie in 1994, great grandson Robert De Busk in 1999 and sister Helen Staley in 2002. Funeral services will be 3 p.m. Tuesday at Lake Funeral Home in Ionia with Chaplain John Kirkman officiating. Interment at Fort Custer National Cemetery. Visitation will be held Tuesday from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. prior to service at the funeral home. Anyone wishing may make a memorial contribution to Heartland Hospice of Grand Rapids. Envelopes available at the funeral home. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/b/brafford1835nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb