Jack Allen Bradshaw, 86 of Eastland, passed away Monday May 20, 2019 in Ranger. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Edwards Funeral Home Chapel with Jody Forbus officiating. Burial will follow in the Eastland City Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Edwards Funeral Home Thursday, 5~7 p.m.
Jack was born April 14, 1933 in Hamlin, TX to W.L. “Pop” Bradshaw and Myrtle Burnett Bradshaw Reed. He entered the U.S. Air Force on February 23, 1949, and served until September 30, 1952. He was self-employed in the Oilfield for many years. He was a member of the Daugherty St. Church of Christ, was a Mason, and a Shriner. He was preceded in death by his parents; 2 sons, Charles Wayne Bradshaw and James Daniel Bradshaw; 3 brothers, Billy Dan Bradshaw, Carl Bradshaw, and Bobby Bradshaw.
Survivors include a daughter, Krystal Gayle Bradshaw Vernon and husband Chris; 2 sons, Allen Wayne Bradshaw, and Gordon Lane Bradshaw and wife Brittany; a brother, Ronnie Bradshaw and wife Barbara of Abilene; a sister, Alice Reed Haley and husband Frank of Albuquerque; 9 grandchildren, Curt Bradshaw and wife Tara, Summer Moody and husband Kyle, James Crabb and wife Tammy, Mindy Kral and husband Brad, Dené Jones and husband Bryan, Gayla Mullins and husband Tyler, Abbye Forbus, Grayson Forbus, and Waylon Jack Bradshaw; 15 great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews; Krystal & Gordon’s mother, Fredia Snow and husband Hayden; many friends and extended family.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Jack’s name may be made to: ARPKD Association, 1001 E. 101st Terrace, Suite 220, Kansas City, MO 64131; or to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105.