Leon Matthew Bradley Jr.

Published 12:00 am Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Feb. 9, 1956 – July 12, 2012

NATCHEZ — Services for Leon Matthew Bradley Jr., 56, of Natchez, who died Thursday, July 12, 2012, at Natchez Regional Medical Center, will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Robert D. Mackel and Sons Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Ed Bolin officiating.

Burial will follow at Skinner Cemetery under the direction of Robert D. Mackel and Sons Funeral Home.

Visitation will be from noon to 6 p.m. today and from 10 a.m. until service time Thursday, both at the funeral home.

Mr. Bradley was born Feb. 9, 1956, in Adams County, the son of the Rev. Leon Bradley Sr. and Leona Stevenson Bradley.

He was preceded in death by his father; grandmother, Louise Morrison; two aunts, Pearl Johnson and Marie Gordon; and one uncle, Earl Stevenson.

Survivors include six children, Mark Grear, Rasaan Grear, Ratravis Grear, Raphael Grear, Rae April Grear and Rakeetha Grear; his mother; companion and friend, Brenda Grear; one aunt, Vera Wilkins, all of Natchez, seven sisters, Leona Johnson and husband, Arthur, of Hampton, Va., Wilileana Bradley, Lana Brown, Yolanda Bradley, all of Natchez, Madie Johnson and husband, Willie, and Lorne Bradley and Cathy, both of Brookhaven, Zelda Bradley and husband, Greg, of Vacherie, La., and Charissa Woods of Southaven; 12 nieces and nephews; one great-nephew; three great-nieces; a special cousin and friend, Johnny Johnson; and a number of other relatives, cousins and friends.