Longview, TX, Texas
Laura Verna Baker Bradley
1918 — 2024
Service for Laura will be held on Saturday at 11 a.m. at Growing Valley Baptist Church. Laura Verna Baker was born in Bremond, Texas on July 13, 1918, the fifth of eight children born to John and Ella Baker. She was educated in the Bremond public school system and received her religious training at Bremond's New Hope Baptist Church. She attended Prairie View A & M University and after her studies, served as the university's Postmaster General. During this time, she met and later married the Rev. R. B. Bradley. They moved from Texas and together built a life and family in Saginaw, Michigan. He became pastor and she served as First Lady of Mount Olive Baptist Church. In 1958 the...