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Andrew J Bradford

Feb 1865 – 17 May 1947

Birth	Feb 1865
Death	17 May 1947
Cemetery	Ebenezer Cemetery West Point , Cullman County , Alabama , USA
Added by	John Addison Bradford on 05 Sep 2015
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84984022

Bio

MY 1ST COUSIN 3 X REMOVED 1ST WIFE CORA NOBLE (D) 1890 2ND WIFE DELLA MAE From, OUR HERITAGE, The History of the Longview Church Of God. In the early stages of the Church, A. J. Bradford (known to most as Uncle Bud) lived next door to the Church. He took the responsibility of seeing that all was in order. Each week he swept the plain wood floor before the services. In the winter, he built a fire in the old wood burning stove to warm the room. He cleaned out the ashes after each use so the stove would be ready for the next use. He wasn’t officially called an usher –they didn’t have offering plates-but he passed a hat around at each service to take up the offering. In the days before electricity for rural area, he brought Aladdin Lamps and kept them trimmed, filled, and burning for each service. He was the unofficial, unpaid, custodian and no one remembers ever hearing him complain. The people probably took for granted that the room would be clean, warm, and well-lit when they arrived for services. The old song from yesteryear ”The Old Lamplighter” would have been appropriate for him. One of those old Lamps is on display in the Narthex of the present building. Printed 1999

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Family

Parents

• James Madison Bradford 1838–1915
• Nancy Caroline Hardin Bradford 1844–1928

Spouse

• Cora Nobles Bradford 1869–1890 FaG
• Della Mae Allen Bradford 1871–1938 FaG

Siblings

• Nancy Elizabeth Bradford Wilhite 1867–1939
• Lucinda Ellen "Lou" Bradford Raley 1868–1944
• George Washington Bradford 1872–1963
• James A Bradford 1874–1954
• John W Bradford 1880–1926
• Grover Cleveland Bradford 1884–1907
• Emma F. Bradford Banks 1886–1945
• Flossie Ann Bradford Yates 1888–1966

Children

• Ollie Mae Bradford Tankersley 1888–1979 FaG
• Guss Floyd Bradford 1890–1941 FaG
• Rufus Edgar Bradford 1895–1909 FaG
• Oscar Henry Bradford 1896–1956 FaG
• Lula F Bradford Johnson 1899–1989 FaG
• Addison Andrew Bradford 1901–1968 FaG
• James Arnold Bradford 1903–1974 FaG
• Myrtle Bradford Anderson 1908–1997 FaG
• Eva Estelle Bradford Clayton 1911–1970 FaG

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