Eric Joseph Bradley

Eric Joseph Bradley obituary, Versailles, KY

Eric Joseph Bradley

Eric Bradley Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Blackburn & Ward Funeral Home on Oct. 1, 2025.
Eric Joseph Bradley was born October 30, 1971, to Mary Bradley and the late Stanley Joseph Bradley in Versailles, Kentucky. Eric passed on February 5th, 2025, in Lexington, Kentucky.
Eric confessed his hope in Christ at an early age and joined First Baptist Church.
Eric graduated from Woodford County High School where he was on the baseball team. Eric enjoyed fishing alongside his dad and sister Nicole. Eric spent 6 years in the U.S. Army and later became a fire fighter under Fire Chief Frankie Shuck, and he was a fireman at Dept 1775, a Medical Technician, and a Surgical Technician at St Joseph Hospital Heart Unit, Lexington KY.
Eric was preceded in death by his father, Stanley Bradley, Jr., grandparents: Stanley and Velma Bradley, Sr., Ethyle (John) Smith, and Louis (Dorothy) Lewis.
In addition to his mother, Mary, Eric leaves to cherish his memory a son, Marcus, siblings: Danielle (Joseph) Metcalf, Brian Bradley, Nicole (Molly) McNemar, a nephew, Ollie Muniz, a niece Mari Jane McNemar, aunts: Claudette Elliott, of Memphis, Tennessee, Saralyn Patterson, and Irene Doris Green, of Pass Christian, Mississippi, an uncle, Richard (Carol) Blackford, and a host of family and friends.
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