Southampton-Fluvanna County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bradshaw, L. Odell Gay, 1965 

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MRS. ODELL BRADSHAW 

  SEDLEY - Funeral services for Mrs. Odell Gay Bradshaw, who died Monday in 
her home in Palmyra, Fluvanna County, were conducted at 3 p.m. today at the 
Black Creek Baptist Church by the Rev. C.L. Gatling.  Burial was in the church 
cemetery, with the Purviance Funeral Home of Wakefield in charge. 

  A native of Southampton County, she was a daughter of Simon M. and Mrs. 
Sarah Wellons Gay.  She was a member of Black Creek Baptist Church. 

  Surviving are her husband, George M. Bradshaw, and two daughters, Joyce Ann 
Bradshaw of Palmyra and Judy Adell Bradshaw of Roanoke; a foster daughter, 
Mrs. Frank Parks of Norfolk; two foster sons, Eugene L. Cook of Franklin and 
Sgt. Franklin R. Cook of the U.S. Air Force station in Montana; five sisters, 
Mrs. L.H. Turner, Mrs. Otelia G. Saunders and Mrs. R.R. Bradshaw of Franklin, 
Mrs. Mollie G. Joyner of Ivor and Mrs. Allie G. Munford of Sedley; a brother, 
Clyde M. Gay of Ivor; and seven grandchildren. 

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ODELL GAY BRADSHAW

   SEDLEY - Mrs. Odell Gay Bradshaw, 50, died Monday afternoon in her home 
in Palmyra, Fluvanna County.

   A native of Southampton County, she was a daughter of Simon M. and Mrs. 
Sarah Wellons Gay.  She was a member of Black Creek Baptist Church.

   Surviving are her husband, George M. Bradshaw, and two daughters, Joyce 
Ann Bradshaw of Palmyra and Judy Adell Bradshaw of Roanoke; a foster daughter, 
Mrs. Frank Parks of Norfolk; two foster sons, Eugene L. Cook of Franklin and 
Air Force Sgt. Franklin R. Cook of Montana; five sisters, Mrs. L.H. Turner, 
Mrs. Otelia G. Saunders and Mrs. R.R. Bradshaw of Franklin, Mrs. Mollie G. 
Joyner of Ivor and Mrs. Allie G. Munford of Sedley; a brother, Clyde M. Gay 
of Ivor; and seven grandchildren.

   The body was taken to Purviance Funeral Home in Wakefield.  A funeral 
service will be held today at 3 p.m. in Black Creek Baptist Church by the Rev. 
C.L. Gatling. Burial will be in the church cemetery.  The body will be in the 
church at 1:30 and the family will be at the home of R.R. Bradshaw near Black 
Creek.


Lora Odell (GAY; Mrs. George M.) BRADSHAW, 
b. 2 Jul 1915, Southampton Co., d. 19 Jul 1965, at home, Palmyra, 
interred in Black Creek Baptist Church Cemetery*, 22 Jul 1965, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 43, No. 173, Wed., July 21, 1965, p. 3; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Thurs., July 22, 1965, p. 2 

*Additional information: 

   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project,
   Black Creek list (BC-5):
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/blkcrk.txt 

Photos of her gravestone - added by Robin Eason - are posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #126289098. 

D.Cert. 65-020601 

Her husband George Murdock BRADSHAW (1910 - 1983) has a marker at Black Creek, 
   but he was buried in Fox Memorial Baptist Church Cemetery, Fluvanna Co. 

Her parents are interred in a GAY family cemetery on Unity Rd. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 7 (VII-20): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol7.txt 

Her half-sister Clara died earlier that month; her obit is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/s315c1ob.txt 


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