February 20, 1996

LEMA BRADSHAW

GIDEON -- Lema Ora Bradshaw, 80, of Gideon, died Sunday, Feb. 18, 1996, at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. She was born Nov. 11, 1915, in Damascus, Ark., daughter of John Oliver and Lucy Hall Dixon. She and William Thomas Bradshaw were married Jan. 28, 1932, in Guy, Ark. He died June 14, 1989...

GIDEON -- Lema Ora Bradshaw, 80, of Gideon, died Sunday, Feb. 18, 1996, at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis, Tenn.

She was born Nov. 11, 1915, in Damascus, Ark., daughter of John Oliver and Lucy Hall Dixon. She and William Thomas Bradshaw were married Jan. 28, 1932, in Guy, Ark. He died June 14, 1989.

Bradshaw was a member of First Baptist Church in Gideon and its Women's Missionary Union, and Gideon Friendship Club.

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Survivors include a daughter, Bonnie Allen of Little Rock, Ark.; two sons, Bill Bradshaw of Advance, Ben Bradshaw of Malden; three sisters, Floy Glover of Conway, Ark., Pearlea Halsey of Greenbrier, Ark., Jean Martin of Denver, Colo.; seven grandchildren, and 10 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by three brothers and a sister.

Friends may call at Bradshaw Funeral Home in Gideon after 6 p.m. today.

Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church, with the Rev. Lloyd Anderson officiating. Burial will be in Piggott Cemetery in Piggott, Ark.

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