Fred Franklin Bradley

Fred Franklin Bradley, 85, passed away Friday, May 20, 2016, at Thomson-Hood Veterans Center in Wilmore, Kentucky. Funeral services for Mr. Bradley will be 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 25, 2016, at Church of the Ascension " Episcopal. Father William Neat and Chaplain Chuck Ellestad will officiate. Interment with military honors will follow in the Frankfort Cemetery. Visitation for family and friends will be at Harrod Brothers Funeral Home Tuesday from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. and at the church Wednesday beginning at noon until the service hour. Born April 26, 1931 to James LaMarr and Lasca Lemon Bradley, Fred grew up in Providence, Kentucky. He graduated from the University of Kentucky, with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Journalism in 1953, when he was designated as Distinguished Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corp Graduate. Following his graduation, he reported for active duty at Lackland AFB, Texas and other bases until 1956, when he joined the Kentucky Air National Guard and returned to the University of Kentucky to study law and received a Juris Doctorate degree in 1959. General Bradley was involved with the military for over thirty-six years, including over four years of extended active duty with the United States Air Force and more than thirty years in the Air National Guard. He was discharged from the Kentucky Air National Guard on April 28, 1991, and assigned to the Retired Reserve During his distinguished civilian career, he was a practicing attorney, a former Franklin County Judge, and served as a Kentucky State Senator for eighteen years. His passion was his farm " breeding, training and racing thoroughbred horses, a love he passed on to his children. He was a member of Church of the Ascension " Episcopal. Fred was preceded in death by the love of his life, Bettye Carol Fryman Bradley and his parents. He is survived by his wife Kay Doughdrill Bradley; son Stephen L. Bradley (Yuvadee), their children, Miles Bradley and Job and Kitachon Pimsri; son William "Buff� Bradley (Kim), their children, Kory, Drew and Jett Bradley; daughter, Anne Bradley Merchant (Eddie), their children, Sandra Chambers (Andrew), Tyler and Bradley Merchant and Fred's great-grandchildren, Emelyn Merchant and Grace Chambers; daughter, Margaret Coffey (John), their children Hunter, Forrest and Gunnison Coffey; Fred�s sister, Sara Bradley Mason; and Fred�s three step-sons, Gary, Charles, and Benjamin. Don Giles, David Boswell, Butch Smith, James Doss, Sam Blythe, Dick Frymire, Bill Johnson and Carl Hurst will serve as pallbearers. Serving as honorary bearers are Jim Morris, Hank Hancock, Will Johnson and Brent Burns. In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy are suggested to Alzheimer�s Association, Thomson-Hood Veterans Center Family Council or Second Stride Horse Retirement. Arrangements are under the direction of Harrod Brothers Funeral Home. Condolences may be shared via the online guest book at www.harrodbrothers.com

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Fred Franklin Bradley

April 26, 1931 - May 20, 2016