Erva Lassiter Bradley

Published 9:20 am Tuesday, June 28, 2011

AHOSKIE – Erva Lassiter Bradley, age 78 of Ahoskie, died Monday, June 27, 2011 at the Ahoskie House.

She was born September 5, 1932 in Northampton County to the late J. Eley Lassiter and Clara Oliver Lassiter. She was the wife of the late Alvah Bradley.

She was a homemaker, a loving Mother, Grandmother and Great Grandmother,  an active member of New Hope Baptist Church, taught Ceramic and Cake decorating  classes at Roanoke Chowan Community College and loved her flowers.

A Celebration of Life service will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, June 29, 2011 at Garrett-Jones Funeral Home in Ahoskie. Burial will follow in Highland Memorial Gardens. Rev. Thomas Lamm will officiate.

Left to cherish her memory are her children: a daughter, Gayle Deanes and her husband, Tommy, of Aulander; three sons, Marshall Bradley and his wife, Lynn, of Franklin, VA, Mike Bradley and his wife, Sheila, of Aulander and Kenny Bradley and his wife, Andrea, of Ahoskie; a sister, Evelyn Bryant of Rich Square; brothers, Charles Lassiter of Rich Square, Ray Lassiter of Virginia Beach, VA and Glen Lassiter of Rich Square; twelve grandchildren; and twenty great grandchildren.

The family will receive friends Tuesday evening, June 28, from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. at Garrett-Jones Funeral Home in Ahoskie. Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association.

Family and friends may send online condolences to www.garrettjonesfh.com.

Garrett-Jones Funeral Home is serving the Bradley family.