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Walter Kent Bradley
1955 - 2025
BORN
1955
DIED
2025
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Walter Bradley Obituary
January 2, 1955 - July 9, 2025
Walter Kent Bradley, 70 of Hardy, Va., passed away on Wednesday, July 9, 2025.
The family will welcome friends on Monday, July 14, 2025, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the John M. Oakey & Son Funeral Home in Salem.
Funeral services will be conducted on Tuesday, July 15, 2025, at 2 p.m. in the funeral home chapel. Pastor David Shearer will officiate. Interment will follow at Evergreen Burial Park in Roanoke.
Online condolences may be expressed to the Bradley family by visiting www.johnmoakey.com.
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