Mary Bradshaw

Mary Belle Bradshaw, 72, of Whitewater died Monday, Sept. 6, 2004, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo.

She was born Feb. 17, 1932, daughter of Henry and Ethel Stephens Mouser. She and Jesse R. Bradshaw were married May 11, 1958, at Marquand, Mo.

Bradshaw retired as a teacher at Kelly School in Benton, Mo. She was a member of First Baptist Church, Star Homemakers Club, United Methodist Women's Missionary Society and Delta Senior Citizens.

Survivors include her husband; three sons, Ellis and Eston Bradshaw of Whitewater, Eric Bradshaw of Chaffee, Mo.; two daughters, Ellen Hager of Poplar Bluff, Elzena Simmons of Cape Girardeau; two brothers, George Mouser of Marquand, John Mouser of DeSoto, Mo.; a sister, Margaret Combs of Farmington, Mo.; and nine grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

Friends may call at Liley Funeral Home in Patton, Mo., from 4 to 8 p.m. today.

The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home, with the Revs. Mike Huffman and Phil Berry officiating. Burial will be in Mouser Cemetery near Marquand.