Vernon LeRoy Bradley

Vernon LeRoy BradleyVernon LeRoy Bradley, 65 of 1601 Freeney Avenue, Suffolk died Sunday, August 16, 2015 at Sentara Obici Hospital. He was a native of Suffolk and the son of the late Jesse Bradley and Annie Mae Bradley. He was a 1968 graduate of John F. Kennedy High School and he attended Paul D. Camp Community College. Vernon received a certificate for automotive repair from P. D. Pruden Vo-Tech. He retired from Norfolk Naval Shipyard after 32 years. He was a member of Tabernacle Christian Church where he was a member of the security ministry. Vernon was a Vietnam veteran of the U.S. Army National Guard, employed at the Suffolk Fire Department and Newport News Shipyard, football coach with Parks and Recreation as a teenager, football coach of Pop Warner for over 30 years and served as President of Suffolk Steelers football association, member of DAV and East Suffolk Federated Civic League.He leaves to cherish his memory his wife, Rhonda LaVerne Bradley; daughters, Tiffany White, LaBrea Allen and LaShonda Wright all of Suffolk; sons, Wenzell Jordan, Terry Allen, Shawn Allen, Darrin Allen (Marquisha) all of Suffolk and Dion Allen (Crystal) of Raleigh, NC; sisters, Georgia Rountree (Julius) of Portsmouth, Zenobia Bradley and Gerald Faulk (Robert) both of Suffolk; brothers, Carroll Bradley (Faye) of Chester, VA and Alton Bradley (Monica) of Portsmouth, VA; eighteen grandchildren and four great grandchildren; aunts, Julia Bradley of Suffolk and Leola Eley of Hampton, VA; cousins, Melvin Miles, Anna Jackson of Baltimore, MD; sister-in-law, Denise Johnson of Fredericksburg, VA; special friends, David Baker ( Jennifer) of Suffolk and John Allen (Anne); other relatives and friends.A funeral service will be held Friday, August 21, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. at Tabernacle Christian Church officiated by Bishop Carlton R. Upton. A visitation will be held from 6 -8:00 p.m. Thursday, August 20, 2015 at Crocker Funeral Home. Interment will be in Albert G. Horton Memorial Veterans Cemetery. Professional services with dignity have been entrusted to Crocker Funeral Home.Condolences may be extended to the family at www.crockerfuneralhome.com. To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Vernon LeRoy Bradley, please visit our flower store.