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Submitted: 10/5/21 • Approved: 10/5/21 • Last Updated: 10/8/21 • R461201-G461201-S3
January 10, 1851-March 9, 1936
*Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Mrs. M.S. (Grandma) Bradshaw, 85, died Sunday night following serveral months illness at the farm home of her son, J.A. Bradshaw, four and one-half miles northeast of Wheeler.
She had been confined to her bed since the early part of February, during which time she suffered several paralytic strokes. She had the misfortune to fall and fracture her hip five years ago and had been in a wheel chair ever since.
Mary Susan Howe was born in Sedalia, Mo., Jan. 10, 1851, and died near Wheeler, Texas, March 9, 1936, at the age of 85 years, one month and 27 days.
In 1869 she was married to Bithel Marlow and to this union three children were born: Lillie, Charlie and Bithel Marlow. The husband and two of the children preceded her in death.
Several years later she was married to James A. Bradshaw in Denton county, Texas. To them was born one son, Jesse A. Bradshaw.
The family lived at Denton for a number of years, going from there to Hollis, Okla., where they resided for some time, coming to Wheeler county 20 years ago. Mrs. Bradshaw had made her home with her son, J.A., since coming here.
Mrs. Bradshaw was a faithful wife and devoted mother, living an exemplary life, having been a Christian for nearly 70 years, with membership in the Church of Christ.
She is survived by two sons, Charlie Marlow, Sunnyside, Wash., and J.A. Bradshaw, Wheeler; 15 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren, besides a host of mor distant relatives and friends.
Funeral services were conducted at the Church of Christ Monday afternoon, with the pastor, C.C. Merritt, in charge. The grandsons were pallbearers and the granddaughters were in charge of the flowers.
Pallbearers were Charlie Bradshaw, Hugh and Raymond Spratt, Olen Pendleton, Otis Reid and Earl Pierce. Flower ladies were Mrs. Maude Patterson, Mrs. Rubye Pendleton, Mrs. Opal Reid, Mrs. Pearl Jones and Mrs. Cecil Boyer.
Relatives from out of town attending the last rites were L.J.T. Pierce and son, Earl Pierce and family, Butler, Okla.; Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Spratt, Tipton, Okla.; Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Spratt and Mrs. Cecil Boyer, Walters, Okla., and a number of relatives and friends from Hollis, Okla.
The hunt Funeral Home directed interment, made in the Wheeler cemetery.
(Published in The Wheeler Times, Volume III-Number 13, Wheeler, Texas, Thursday, March 12, 1936, Page 1)
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Texas, Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1965
Name: M S Marlow
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 5 Jun 1879
Marriage Place: Denton, Texas, United States
Spouse: J A Bradshaw
FHL Film Number: 1302337
Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Mary Suzane Bradshaw
Death Date: 9 Mar 1936
Death County: Wheeler
Certificate: 18002
Contributed on 10/5/21
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