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Obituary for Jane Owens Bradley
ON SEPTEMBER 13,2022, JANE OWENS BRADLEY, 89, MADE HER EXIT FROM THIS PLACE LEAVING BEHIND FAMILY, FRIENDS AND TOTAL STRANGERS WHO ADMIRED AND LOVED HER ZEST FOR LIFE.THIS LADY WAS EASILY RECOGNIZED AS BARNWELL’S MOST POPULAR CITIZEN AMONG SEVERAL GENERATIONS. SHE IS ALREADY MISSED.
THIS DAUGHER OF HANSFORD AND IDA OWENS WAS BORN IN BARNWELL COUNTY, YET JANE WAS REARED BY HER UNCLE HENRY AND AUNT LUCILLE SMITH OF BARNWELL. IN 1952, JANE BECAME A GRADUATE OF BARNWELL HIGH SCHOOL. TO HER CREDIT, THIS YOUNG GIRL WAS IDENTIFIED AS BEING A POWERHOUSE GUARD ON THE BASKETBALL COURT. JANE WAS SELECTED “MOST ATHLETIC” AND “WITTIEST” IN THE SENIOR SUPERLATIVES. OUR BARNWELL WARHORSE LADY WAS ALSO VOTED SECRETARY OF BHS CLASS OF ’52.
MEMBERS OF THE BARNWELL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH BENEFITED GREATLY FROM JANE’S GENEROUS DEVOTION OF TIME AND TALENTS AS SHE WILLINGLY GAVE OF HERSELF FOR MANY YEARS. BY SERVING ON THE BOARD, TEACHING SUNDAY SCHOOL, SINGING IN THE CHOIR, LEADING THE MYF GROUPS FAITHFULLY, HEADING UP FOOD COMMITTEES, PLUS SERVING IN OTHER AREAS, OUR FRIEND WOULD LEND A HELPING HAND WHERE NEEDED MOST. JANE’S FAITH-BASED LIFE WAS OF A GIVING NATURE.
MANY OF HER MARRIED YEARS WERE SPENT AS A HOMEMAKER FOR THEIR THREE CHILDREN: JOE TODD BRADLEY, JR., MARIANNE AND OWENS.
OVER THE DECADES, HER EMPLOYMENT OUTSIDE THE HOME INCLUDED WORKING AT THE BARNWELL COUNTY COURTHOUSE, HER BANKING EXPERIENCE AND BEING EMPLOYED WITH THE BARNWELL PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. FROM EACH LINE OF WORK, FRIENDSHIPS WERE SPAWNED WHICH WERE CULTIVATED AND BECAME MORE PRECIOUS WITH TIME.
FOLKS AT CUMBERLAND VILLAGE IN AIKEN, S. C., FELL IN LOVE WITH OUR DEAR FRIEND. IN HER NEW FOUND SPORT OF VOLLEY BALL, SHE WAS OFTEN REMINDED,”NOW, MISS JANE, DON’T BE TOO AGGRESSIVE.” OUR JANE WAS FOREVER A “GO- GETTER!”
SURVIVORS INCLUDE A SON, JOE TODD BRADLEY,JR., OF ST. HELENA ISLAND, S.C.; TWO DAUGHTERS: MARIANNE(ROBIN) LOKEY OF JULLIETTE,GA., OWENS B. GREEN OF PAULINE, S.C.; GRANDCHILDREN: HANCE GREEN OF PAULINE,S.C.; JANE B. ANTHONY (AARON) OF BALTIMORE,MD.; ROBERT (MELISSA) HATHAWAY, ST. MARYS ISLAND, GA.; ONE GREAT-GRANDSON JAYSON BRADLEY ANTHONY, BALTIMORE, MD.; TWO BROTHERS: JERRY(LINDA) HOFF OF WADMALAW ISLAND AND ERVA LEE SMITH OF HARRIMAN,TN.
SHE IS PREDECEASED BY HER PARENTS, HER UNCLE AND AUNT, TWO BROTHERS: ELMER BODIFORD AND ROBERT ROBERTSON; TWO SISTERS, BETTY O.CRAVEN AND JEANNIE SMITH HOBBS ALSO HER SON-IN-LAW TRAVIS GREEN.
THERE ARE COUNTLESS BELOVED NIECES AND NEPHEWS WHO LOVINGLY CALLED HER “AUNT JANE” OR “WEEZER”. OUR JANE’S FAITH WAS WITNESSED BY ALL WHO KNEW, ADMIRED AND LOVED HER. BLESS YOU, JANE.
A CELEBRATION OF LIFE SERVICE WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2022, AT 11:00AM IN THE BARNWELL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, VISITATION WILL BE HELD ONE HOUR PRIOR TO THE SERVICE AT BARNWELL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2022, WITH MINISTER REV. JOEY MCDONALD OFFICIATING. THE FAMILY REQUESTS THAT DONATIONS BE MADE TO THE BARNWELL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, P.O.BOX 126, BARNWELL, S. C. 29812.
A PRIVATE FAMILY BURIAL TO FOLLOW.
MOLE FUNERAL HOME IS IN CHARGE OF THE ARRANGEMENTS.
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Previous Events
Visitation
Saturday
17
Sep
10:00 AM
Barnwell United Methodist Church
236 Main St.
Barnwell, SC 29812
Service
Saturday
17
Sep
11:00 AM
Barnwell United Methodist Church
236 Main St.
Barnwell, SC 29812
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