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- Daughter of Andrew and Cyrena (Heger) Wamsley.
The Highland Recorder, Monterey, VA, Friday, 8 Feb 1928, p. 3, col. D
MRS. MARY WAMSLEY BRADSHAW
Wherever and by Whomsoever known, the death of Mrs. James B. Bradshaw caused sincere sorrow and regret. No lady of this section of Virginia was more widely known or held in higher esteem. Cultured and refined and possessed of an amiable disposition, she made friends of all with whom she came in touch. The Recorder tenders its sympathy to those immediately touched by this bereavement.
The following sketch of her life, particulars of her illness and death were furnished by near relatives, Friday:
Mrs Mary Wamsley Bradshaw 69, for 35 years one of the proprietors of the "Mansion House" at McDowell, died Friday morning at 6:30 o'clock at the home of her step-daughter, Mrs S. W Wilson, at Headwaters, Highland county.
The funeral was held Saturday morning at 11 o'clock from the Presbyterian church at McDowell, of which Mrs. Bradshaw had long been a member. The Rev. Lyle Moffett, pastor, officiated assisted by the Rev. R. L. St. Clab of the Second Presbyterian church, Staunton. Burial of the body took place in Thornrose cemetery at 2 p. m.
Pallbearers: active, E. A. McNulty, J. E. Arbogast, C. M. Pullin, J. H. Armrstrong, J. H. Hiner, D. Glenn Ruckman, Hugh B. Sproul, Randolph Eagle; honorary, Drs. R. P. P. Bell and C. B. Fox, C. T. Shumate, Charles Lunsford, Harry F. Slaven, E. B. Jones, J. S. Hansel, Sydney Erving, Robert Brand.
Mrs. Bradshaw was born at Huttonsville, Randolph county, W Va., a daughter of S. L. and C. A. Wamsley. She was the widow of Capt. J. B. Bradshaw, a gallant Confederate veteran, who died in September, 1916. For at least 35 years, prior to 1921, Mrs. Bradshaw, together with her husband as long as he lived, conducted the "Mansion House," one of the best known hostelries in this section of the state.
Her health caused her to retire in 1921, and Mrs. Bradshaw spent several years with her daughter, who resides in California. She returned to Virginia in March, 1927, because of rapidly declining health. Cancer caused her death, and in her unsuccessful battle against the disease, Mrs. Bradshaw underwent treatment and two operations at the hands of specialists. Much of the time since last August had been spent in hospitals in Staunton and Baltimore.
Mrs. Bradshaw is survived by three sons, Robert O., McDowell; Charles P., near Staunton; Harry L., Holden, W. Va., one daughter, Mrs. J. A. Hhea, Gilroy, Calif.; a step-daughter, Mrs. S. W. Wilson, Headwaters; and three brothers, J. H. Wamsley, Staunton; W. P. Wamsley, Rupert, Idaho; A. S. Wamsley, Elkins, W. Va.
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