Freestone County, Texas
Obituaries


Wilbur June (White) Bradley


Funeral services for Wilbur June (White) Bradley, 90, were held at the First 
Baptist Church in Mexia, Texas on Sunday, February 9, 2014, at 2:00 p.m.  Rev. 
Marcus Sheffield, Pastor, officiated, assisted by Bro. Marc Wilson and Bro. 
Michael Vestal.  Interment was in the White family plot in the Dew Cemetery in 
Dew, Texas. 

Wilbur June was born June 22, 1923 in Dew Texas to George Walton White, Jr and 
Willie Ammah (Harrison) White.  She passed away on Tuesday, February 4, 2014, 
in Waco, Texas.  She attended Dew Elementary School and graduated from Teague 
High School in 1939 at the age of 15.  Two years later, she received an 
Associate Degree from Westminster College in Tehuacana, Texas and entered the 
work force.  In the summers of 1939 and 1940, she attended Stamps-Baxter School 
of Music in Dallas, Texas – taking piano lessons and learning the technique of 
playing gospel music.  She served as Secretary-Treasurer of the Limestone County 
Texas Singing Convention for many years. 

During the 75 years she worked, from 1941 until 2008, Wilbur June had only five 
different jobs.  Her first position was as a clerk in the Freestone County 
Agricultural Office in Fairfield for four years.  She then relocated to Mexia, 
Texas in 1944 as Assistant Secretary-Treasurer of the National Farm Loan 
Association.  Then, beginning in 1952, she was Bookkeeper for White & Gillespie 
Drug for 23 years; followed by the position of Controller of IMC Magnetics for 
seven years; and lastly, as Administrative Assistant for Blair-Stubbs Funeral 
Home for 26 years – finally retiring at the age of 85. 

Joining in 1946, Wilbur June was a member of the First Baptist Church in Mexia – 
27 years of which she was Church Organist, before retiring in 1991.  Since that 
time, she was interim pianist and organist for several churches.  In addition, 
she continued to accompany a gospel quartet she helped established and dearly 
loved – The Bradley Quartet. 

In January 1946, she married Amon M. Cook and to this union was born one son, 
Derward Glynn Cook.  In May 1970, she married Richard F. Bradley and acquired 
an extended family. 

She was preceded in death by her parents, Walton and Willie White; her brother, 
Felix Derward White (who was killed in an auto accident in 1930 at the age of 19); 
her husband, Richard Bradley in April 1990. 

She is survived by her son, Derward Glynn Cook and partner, Melvin LeRoy Nokleby 
of Desert Hot Springs, CA; step-daughters; Marilyn Ashley and husband, Harlan of 
Nevada, TX and Nancy Bundy and husband, Dennis of Mexia, TX; step-grandchildren, 
Gwenn Erlinger and husband, Ray of Frisco, TX, Monica Joseph and husband, Jeremy 
of Argyle, TX and Richard Bundy and wife, Andrea of Mexia, TX; also, special 
“adopted” granddaughter, Amanda Isgate of League City, TX; and great-granddaughters, 
Rileigh Marsh and Rachael Erlinger. 

Pallbearers were David Isgate, Robby Moody, Benjie Reed, Dr. Tom Fox, Jr., Dr. 
Stan Sewell, Alden Garber, Rick Sadler and Dave Chilcoat. 

Blessed with a gift for music, Wilbur June began accompanying vocal groups and 
soloists on the piano and organ when she was ten years old.  For over 80 years, 
her music filled the hearts of many people in scores of churches, funeral homes, 
civic centers, nursing homes, schools and other venues.  Music is her legacy – 
the notes have been silenced, but the sound of her music will always live in our 
memories. 

Services by Blair-Stubbs Funeral Home.