Minnie Lee Bradford

"Fight the good fight of faith and find peace in eternal life"

MINNIE LEE BRADFORD , age 86 of Elyria, Ohio, affectionately known as " Kitty" was born to the late Eddie Lee Oliver and Mary Lee Prince May 1, 1935 in the Lilita Community of Coatopa; Sumter County, Alabama.  She peacefully transitioned after a brief illness at Cleveland Clinic Hospital, April 10, 2022, surrounded by loving family. Service of Memory and Life Celebration is slated for Saturday, April 16, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. at Friendship Baptist Church, located 1480 Pine Street, Bellamy, Alabama where Rev. Melvin Lard is church pastor. She will lie in state at the church between 12:00 noon and 1p.m. Interment to follow in Oak Grove Cemetery, off of County Road #23, Coatopa.  Visitation for Family and Friends is scheduled for Friday evening, April 15, 2022 from 3-6:00 p.m. in the Weatherly Chapel.

At an early age she became a member of Mary Chapel AME Zion Church in Lilita, Alabama.  In 1956 she married the love of her life, the late, Percy L. Bradford.  She was a devoted wife, mother and God-fearing woman that loved the Lord and was a faithful prayer warrior.

To the entire Bradford Family, we at Weatherly Funeral Home offer to each of you our most sincere and heartfelt sympathy and condolences.  Our prayer remains that your abiding faith in God will continue to comfort, to strengthen and to sustain you during your profound time of bereavement.