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| Birth: | 24 Nov 1871 in Old Fort,McDowell County,North Carolina |
| Death: | 28 Mar 1961 in Raleigh,Wake County,North Carolina |
| Sex: | M |
| Father: | George Willis Bradley b. 13 Nov 1841 in Rutherford County,North Carolina |
| Mother: | Millie Ann Noblitt b. 17 Sep 1852 in Old Fort,McDowell County,North Carolina |
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| Nickname: Will |
| Residence: Cary,North Carolina |
| Burial: Montlawn Cemetery,Raleigh,Wake County,North Carolina 1 |
| Changed: 3 Dec 2002 15:08:42 |
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Individual:
Methodist Minister Rev. J.W. Bradley Dies
The Rev. James William Bradley, who at 89 was the oldest member of the North Carolina Methodist Conference, died last night in the GlenwoodHills Nursing Home here following a long illness.
Funeral services will be held at Hayes Barton Methodist Church here at a time to be announced. The family will be at 3011 Eton Road, Raleigh.
A native of McDowell County, the Rev. Mr. Bradley's parents were the late Willis and Millie Ann Bradley. He was educated at Weaverville College(class of 1900) and in 1899 was admitted to the Western N.C. Conferenceat Concord.
The following year he transferred to the Eastern Conference and was ordained an elder at Edenton Street Methodist Church here in 1904. During the next 45 years, he served the following churches: Ball's Creek,Troy; Rowland, Raeford, Lumberton, Hookerton, Elizabeth City, Roxboro,Siler City, Fairmont, Jonesboro Heights, Zebulon, and Princeton.
Upon retirement in 1944, he and Mrs. Bradley made their home near Raleigh on the Cary highway and he served the nearby Apex-Macedonia charge forseveral years. He often filled other pulpits in this section and taughtSunday School classes.
It was while he was at Raeford in 1909 that he married Bettie Lentz and they were companions for more than 50 years. Mrs. Bradley died inJanuary 1960. Surviving are two children, J.W. Bradley of Raleigh andMrs. John Cameron of Falls Church, Va; five grandchildren; and twobrothers, George Bradley of Forest City and Vernon Bradley of Old Fort.
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Rev. Bradley Dies Following Lengthy Illness
The Rev. James William Bradley, 89, died last night in Glenwood Hills Nursing Home here following a long illness. He was the oldest member ofthe North Carolina Methodist Conference, having been a minister for 62years.
A native of McDowell County, he graduated from Weaverville College and was admitted to the Western N.C. Conference in 1899.
A year later he moved to the Eastern Conference and was ordained an elder at Edenton Street Methodist Church in 1904. He served 14 charges.
After his retirement in 1944, he and his wife, the former Bettie Lentz, moved near Raleigh on the Cary Highway, where he served the nearby HollySprings Apex-Macedonia charge.
Surviving are one son, J.W. Jr. of Raleigh; one daughter, Mrs. John Cameron of Falls Church; five grandchildren; and two brothers, George ofForest city and Vernon of Old Fort.
The family will be at 3001 Eton Road in Raleigh.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. at Hayes Barton Methodist. The Rev. Paul Carruth, pastor of Hayes Barton Methodist; Dr.W.L. Clegg, Superintendent of the Burlington District, will officiate. The ministers of the Methodist Conference will serve as honorarypallbearers.
Burial will follow in Montlawn Memorial Park.
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Mitchell Funeral Home Mortuary Record
Name: James William Bradley, Sr.
Residence: Blue Ridge Road
Date of Death: March 28, 1961, 6:30 p.m.
Place of Death: Glenwood Hills Nursing Home
Sex: Male
Funeral Arrangements
Date: March 30, 1961 - Thursday afternoon
Place: Hayes Barton Methodist Church
Hour: 2:00 p..
Body to Lie in State: Mitchell Funeral Home
Cemetery: Montlawn Memorial Park
Ministers: Rev. Paul Carruth, Dr. W.L. Clegg, and Rev. Graham Eubank
Music in Charge of: Church choir
Flowers delivered to: Mitchells
Pallbearers
Nephews - Active
Ministers of N.C. Methodist Conference (Honorary)
B.W. Lanier
Bob Lanier
Seang Benett
Crawford Thomas
John K. McNeill Jr.
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Record of James William Bradley's Ministry
1897 - Local Preacher in the Western N.C. Conference
1899 - Admitted to Conference on trial. May have joined J.D. Gibson who was Pastor in Charge for Bald Creek Circuit. Churches: Borings Chapel,Gardeners, Deytons, Hortons, Riverside, Egypt, Elk Shoals, Harmony.
1900/1901 - Appointed to Bald Creek. Elected Deacon and admitted in full connection in 1901.
1902 - Transferred to N.C. Conference and assigned to Rowland Circuit. Churches: Rowland, Elrod Oak Grove, Purvis, Pates.
1904 - Elected and Ordained as Elder at Edenton Street Methodist Church in Raleigh.
1906 - Appointed to Troy Circuit. Churches: Troy, Capelsie, Endicott, Shiloh, Liberty, Onville, Siloam.
1908 - Appointed to Raeford Circuit. Churches: Raeford, Cameron, Vass.
1911 - Appointed to Lumberton Station. Church: Chestnut Street.
1913 - Appointed to Hookerton Circuit. Churches: Hookerton, Rainbow, Maury, Mt. Herman.
1917 - Appointed to Elizabeth City Station. Church: City Road.
1920 - Appointed to Durham Station. Church: West Durham, now Asbury.
1924 - Appointed to Person Circuit, lived in Roxboro. Churches: Concord, Oak Grove, Leas Chapel, Warrens Grove, Woodsdale.
1928 - Appointed to Siler City Circuit. Churches: Siler City, Westover, Hickory Mountain.
1930 - Appointed to Fairmont Circuit. Churches: Fairmont, Marietta, Bethesda.
1934 - Appointed to Jonesboro Circuit. Churches: Jonesboro, Broadway, Lemon Springs, Morris Chapel, Memphis, Poplar Springs.
1936 - Appointed to Zebulon Circuit. Churches: Zebulon, Wendell.
1938 - Appointed to Princeton Circuit. Churches: Princeton, Fellowship.
1942 - Retired and moved to his own home on the Cary Road.
1942/1946 - Appointed to Apex Circuit. Churches: Apex, Holly Springs, Macedonia.
1947 - Retired again.
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Deed to "The Old Place"
Retirement home of Will and Bettie Bradley
(1942-1956)
Book 1282 Page 184
North Carolina
Wake County
This deed made this the 24 day of May, 1957, by and between Rev. James W. Bradley and Bettie Lentz Bradley of Wake County, North Carolina, partiesof the first part, to Julian W. Bradley and Beulah Bradley Cameron ofWake County, North Carolina, parties of the second part;
Witnesseth
That said parties of the first part in consideration of natural love and affection and the sum of One Dollar have bargained and sold and by thesepresents do bargain, sell and convey unto said parties of the secondpart, their heirs and assigns a certain tract or parcel of land in CaryTownship, Wake County, State of North Carolina, and being morepraticularly described as follows:
BEGINNING at a point at the center line of the track of the Souther Railway Company, said point being the point of intersection of thewestern boundary line of the E.S. Strother land and the Southern RailwayCompany track; runs thence North 76 degrees 00 minutes West along thecenter line of the Southern Railway Company track 850 feet to a point inthe center line of said track, approximately 50 feet west of the westernline of the crossing of Trinity Road; runs thence North 63 degrees 00minutes west 350 feet to an iron stake, the southeastern corner of HaroldH. Craig property; runs thence north 5 degrees 45 minutes eastapproximately 670 feet to an iron pipein the southern boundary line ofthe property of Majorie P. Huskins; runs thence south 87 degrees 00minutes east 62.5 feet to an iron stake, said stake being thesoutheastern corner of the Huskins land as it intersects the western lineof Lot No. 5 according to map and survey of the F.W. Wray land, presentlythe Mrs. E.A. Templeton land; runs thence south 7 degrees 30 minutes westalong the western line of the E.A. Templeton and E.S. Strother property988 feet more or less to the point of beginning.
This conveyance is subject to the right-of-way of Southern Railway Company which consists of a strip 100 feet in width measured from thecenter line of said railroad track.
Book 1282 page 185
For further reference see deeds recorded in Book 843, Page 71; Book 983, Page 182; Book 1135, Page 567; Book 1135, Page 568 of the Wake CountyRegistry. This conveyance is of all property remaining of that conveyedto Rev. James W. Bradley in deed recorded in Book 843, Page 71 as abovereferred to.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the aforesaid tract or parcel of land, and all privileges and appurtenances thereto belonging, to the said parties ofthe second part, their heirs and assigns to their only use and behoofforever.
And the said parties of the first part for themselves and their heirs, executors and administrators covenant with said parties of the secondpart, their heirs and assigns, that they are seized of said premises infee and have right to convey in fee simple: That the same are free andclear from all encumbrances, and that they do hereby forever warrant andwill forever defend the said title to the same against the claims of allpersons whomsoever.
In testimony whereof the said parties of the first part have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year first above written.
Rev. James W. Bradley
(Seal of Rev. James W. Bradley)
Bettie Lentz Bradley
(Seal of Bettie Lentz Bradley)
NORTH CAROLINA
WAKE COUNTY
I, Sarah Sauls, Notary Public do hereby certify that Rev. James W. Bradley and wife, Bettie Lentz Bradley, personally appeared before methis day and acknowledged the due execution of the foregoing deed ofconveyance for the purposes therein expressed.
Book 1282, Page 186
Witness my hand and notarial seal this the 24th day of May, 1957.
Sarah Sauls
(Seal of Notary Public)
My Commission Expires February 17, 1958
McDowell News List Bradleys
Most of Reunion Attendants Come From Old Fort and Marion
The following list of names of persons attending the Bradley reunion was secured by The News with the help of Clarence Bradley and is believed tobe nearly complete.
From Old Fort
Vernon Lee Bradley, Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Porter, William Porter, Alfred Porter, Bratcher Porter, Mr. And Mrs. W.F. Tisdale, Margaret Tisdale,Mary Sue Tisdale, Glen Bradley, Mr. and Mrs. Logan Bradley, WilliamBradley, Eugene Bradley, James Condrey, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Allison,Ruilla Allison, Ellen Allison, Ed Allison, Sandy Allison, Walter Allison,Marvin Allison, Mr. and Mrs. William Hicks, Margaret Hicks, Mr. and Mrs.Charlie Bradley, George Bradley, Mrs. Mary Morgan, Mrs. Emma Walker, Mrs.Myrtle Setzer, Mrs. Laura Walker, Mrs. Lottie McDaniel, Mr. GordonBradley, Mr. and Mrs. Anderson Walker, Virginia Walker, A.C. Walker,Homer Lee Walker, J.W. Bradley, Hattie Bradley, Minnie Bradley, JamesBradley, Garland Bradley, Clarence Bradley, Johnny Bradley, T.A. Porter,W.J. Porter.
From Marion
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Bradley, Lawrence Bradley, Jr., Augrey Jean Bradley, Billie Bradley, G.A. Bradley, Lizzie Bradley, Annie Bradley,Nora Bell Bradley, Lillie Bradley, Georgia Bradley, Jimmie Bradley,Ernest Bradley, Wilson Bradley, J.D. Bradley, Beatrice Bradley, Mr. andMrs. G.A. Brooks, Willard Brooks, Theodore Brooks, Christine Brooks,Elizabeth Brooks, Sybil Brooks, Paul Burch, Mr. and Mrs. Robert H.McCall, Mr. and Mrs. George D. Styles, Lucile Styles, Violet Styles, Mrs.Fred Moody, Ruth Moody, Cecil Moody, Billy Moody, Joyce Anne Moody, Mr.and Mrs. George McDaniel.
From Forest City
Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Holcomb, Raleigh Holcomb, Virginia Holcomb, Max Holcomb, Bobbie Holcomb, Opal Holcomb, Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Silver, DanielRay Silver, Vera Ellen Silver, Mr. and Mrs. George F. Bradley, KatherineBradley, T.B. Tony.
From Elsewhere
Among those attending from other places were Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Bradley, J.W. Bradley, Jr., and Beaulah Bradley, of Fairmont; Paul and JoeRicketts, of Nebo; Mr. and Mrs. Mike Bradley and family, Misses Blanche,Dolly, Pearl, Clara Lee and Lavone, of Black Mountain; J. Willis Silver,of Shelby; and Mrs. A.E. Dobyns, of Little Rock, Arkansas.
Marriage:
Mr. and Mrs. W.W. Gibson Request the honor of your presence at the
marriage of their daughter Arrena to Rev. James William Bradley, Wednesday, January 17, 1906 at 2 o'clock, home, Red Springs, NC.
Miss Gibson Weds Rev. Mr. Bradley
Pretty Home Wedding Wednesday Near Red Springs
Groom is Young Minister
Bride a Graduate of Southern Presbyterian College -- Ceremony is Followed by an Elaborate Dinner - Many Presents Received by the Bride.
At the home of Mr. And Mrs. W.W. Gibson, residing two miles west of Red Springs, their daughter Miss Bettie Irena Gibson, was married to Rev J.W. Bradley Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The beautiful home of the family was filled with guests who had come from many neighboring towns to attend the wedding of this popular young couple.
The ceremony was performed in the tastily decorated parlor by Rev. Dr. J.N. Cole, P.E. of Rockingham, assisted by Rev. E. McWorter, of Maxton. The bride's sister, Miss Julia Gibson, was maid of honor, and Mr. C.T. Pate, of Purvis, acted as best man. The wedding party entered the room as Mendelssohn's wedding march was being rendered by Miss Mamie Gibson, of Gibson and stood before the ministers at the hymeneal altar, under an arch of evergreens, from which was suspended a white wedding bell.
"O Promise Me" was sung by Miss Bertie Atwell, of Red Springs, just before the ceremony. Those who were present said that they had never seen a more beautiful or impressive ceremony.
At one o'clock a dinner was served in the dining room, suitably decorated for the occasion. Shortly after the ceremony the bridal party left by private conveyance for Rowland, where they will make their home.
Mrs. Bradley is a young lady of refinement and culture, possessed of many accomplishments, and her sweetness of disposition and charm of manner have made for her friends throughout the State. She is a graduate of Southern Presbyterian College, and has been a most successful teacher. For two years she was a member of Marker's High school, where she gave the utmost satisfaction.
Mr. Bradley, has for the past three years, been pastor of the Rowland Circuit Methodist churches, and is held in highest esteem and warm regard. He is a young man of splendid ability, and already the brilliant future, which all who know him, have felt would be his, is spreading out before him. His sterling worth and integrity, his cordial, genial manner and his interest and enthusiasm in the great cause he represents have won for him an enviable place among the people of Robeson.
Many beautiful and valuable presents were received, which were n expression of the regard in which they are held.Bradley-Lentz, at Aberdeen.
Special to The Observer
Aberdeen, Sept. 2 -- At 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in the Methodist church, in Raeford, Rev. J.W. Bradley, the pastor of the church, was happily married to Miss Bettie Cutchen Lentz. The ceremony was performed by Rev. J.E. Underwood, of Rockingham. Mr. Bradley is a member of the North Carolina Conference, and is very much loved. Miss Lentz is a modest, cultured young woman, specially gifted in Church work.
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- Title: James William Bradley Family Scrapbook
Author: Beulah Arena Bradley (b 30 Jun 1917)
Jason.Pearce.net.
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