Bradley, Johnny

KILGORE - Services for Johnny Bradley, former chief of police for the city of Kilgore, 
will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, October 9, 2007, at the chapel of Rader Funeral Home. Burial 
will follow in Chilton Cemetery. Mr. Bradley died October 6, 2007, in Kilgore.

Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Monday, October 8, 2007, at the funeral home.

Please leave online condolences at www.raderfuneralhome.com

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 10/7/2007.

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Bradley, John E. "Johnny"

KILGORE - Services for Mr. John E. "Johnny" Bradley will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, October 9, 2007, 
at the chapel of Rader Funeral Home, with the Rev. Buddy Duggins and the Rev. Dwain Knight 
officiating. Burial will follow in Chilton Cemetery in Big Sandy. Mr. Bradley passed away 
Saturday morning at his residence surrounded by his loving family.

Johnny was born in Upshur County August 26, 1937, to Mann and Edna Bradley, deceased. The 
Bradleys owned and operated a dairy farm, so Johnny knew the meaning of work. He milked cows, 
hauled hay and worked in the fields. He graduated from Gladewater High School in 1955, where 
he excelled in football and baseball. After graduation, he attended Southwest Texas State 
College on a football scholarship.

In 1958, he joined the United States Army and was stationed in Germany. After his discharge 
from the Army, Johnny went to work for the Texas Department of Public Safety as a state 
trooper in Houston, Texas. In 1964, the Department of Public Safety transferred him to 
Kilgore. He became chief of police for the city of Kilgore in 1977. After he left the city 
of Kilgore, he joined the Kilgore College Police Force until he retired in January of 1999.

Mr. Bradley loved sports and followed the teams for Kilgore High School and Kilgore College. 
He was a past commissioner and coach for Kilgore Boys Baseball Association. He and Patsy 
loved to travel and go camping in their travel trailer. Johnny was a loving, devoted husband, 
father and grandfather who was so proud of his family. He was a man of integrity and his word 
was his bond.

He was an active member of the Forest Home Baptist Church; Danville Masonic Lodge No. 101 
where, he was a Past Master and recipient of the Golden Trowel Award; Clinton Masonic Lodge 
No. 23; Past District Deputy Grand Master; and a Life Member of the Waco Scottish Rite of 
Texas.

Johnny is survived by his wife, Patsy Bradley of Kilgore; two sons and daughters-in-law, Bart 
and Karie Bradley of Henderson and Chad and Hannah Bradley of Henderson; two sisters and 
brothers-in-law, Mayme and Bobby Fleet of Longview and Lurline and Dan Atchley of Simpsonville; 
a sister-in-law, Gayle Porter of Wills Point; eight grandchildren, Braden Bradley, Collin 
Bradley, Cole Bradley, Baylee Bradley, Manning Bradley, Klint McCown, Kenny McCown and Kolby 
McCown; and host of loving friends to whom he meant so much.

The family will receive friends at Rader Funeral Home of Kilgore between 6-8 p.m. today, 
October 8, 2007.

Memorials may be made to Danville Lodge No. 101, P.O. Box 786, Kilgore, TX 75663; Clinton Lodge 
No. 23, Henderson, TX 75653; or Forest Home Baptist Church, P.O. Box 1340, Kilgore, TX 75663.

Please leave online condolences at www.raderfuneralhome.com

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 10/8/2007.