Delores McKee Bradley

Mrs. Delores McKee Bradley, 74, resident of Mere Drive in Columbia, Tennessee, died Thursday, November 29, 2007 at Maury Regional Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 12:00 Noon at First United Methodist Church with Rev. Tommy Ward and Rev. Jeff Jacob officiating. The family will visit with friends Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to service time in the church atrium. Burial will be in Polk Memorial Gardens in Columbia, Tennessee. Memorials may be made to Maury County Animal Shelter (PAWS of Maury County), 1233 Mapleash Avenue, Columbia 38401 or American Diabetes Association, Memorial and Honors Program, P. O. Box 1132, Fairfax, Virginia 22038-1132. Notes of sympathy may be sent to www.oakesandnichols.com. Born in Florence, Alabama, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Walker McKee and Geneva Lumpkins McKee Stone of Santa Fe, Tennessee. Delores attended the University of North Alabama, was one of the first employees of Columbia State Community College, and a member of First United Methodist Church. She was a well-known dog trainer, operated Bradley's Dog Obedience School for many years, and was an avid supporter of the Maury County Animal Shelter and American Humane Society. Delores was a devoted wife and mother and is survived by her husband, Robert Jennings "Bob" Bradley of Columbia; daughter, Deborah Graham (Dan) Logan of Tullahoma; sons, Mark Alan (Katy) Graham of Brentwood and Charles Thomas "Tommy" (Andrea) Graham of Florence, Alabama; sister, Bobbi McKee Pritchett of Florence, Alabama; step-children, Ann (John) McCormick of Memphis, Dan Bradley of Brentwood, and Debbie (Tom) Colvert of Mt. Pleasant; grandchildren, Jessica McKee Rinks, John Walker Graham, Caroline McKee Graham, Emily Ellen Graham, Mason Whitfield Graham, Parker Sedwick Graham, Alison Graham Logan; nine step-grandchildren; two nieces and two nephews. She was preceded in death by a sister, Rear Admiral Fran W. McKee. Pallbearers are Joe Foster, George Horne, Dewey Skillington, Madison Dodson, David Wise, Billy Liggett, Robert McAdams, Mason Graham, Walker Graham, and Parker Graham.