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- The Highland Recorder, Monterey, VA, Thursday, 20 Dec 1956, p. 1, col. B
OBITUARIES
MRS. R. BYRON BRADSHAW
Mrs. Minnie Ervine Bradshaw died in a Staunton hospital on Monday, Dec. 17 following a long illness.
Mrs. Bradshaw, was the daughter of Robert Newton and Emma Henderson Ervine and was born in McDowell on March 30, 1881. She spent most of her life in McDowell, being active in church and social work, and was married to Robert Byron Bradshaw of McDowell, who preceded her in death in 1936.
She is survived by three brothers, Harry T. of Huntington, W .Va., Thomas Glen of Cleveland, Ohio and Porter H. of Thurmond, W.Va. Six brothers and a sister preceded her in death.
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday in McDowell Methodist Church by her pastor, Rev. Thomas Clayton, assisted by Dr. W. O. Rhoad of McDowell Presbyterian Church.
Burial was in the adjoining cemetery.
Active pallbearers were U. L. Graham, Frank Hiner, George Hogshead, Marvin Botkin, Lewis Shumate and Gilmer Ervine.
Honorary pallbearers were Ernest Lockridge, Jerry Helms, W. H. Swadley, W. B. Jenkins, Frank Ralston, Julian Hamilton, David Cobb, M. M. Folks, Dr. J. F. Stover, Charles Samples Jr., Bruce Botkin, Omar King and John Pullin.
Arrangements were handled by Obaugh Funeral Home.
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