Mrs. Reta Bradley
Mrs. Reta Jo Ann Adams Bradley, age 66, resident of De Queen, passed peacefully from this life on Thursday, April 29, 2021, in Texarkana, Texas.

Mrs. Bradley was one of four children born to J.E. and Mable Elizabeth Smith Adams on March 31, 1955 in Lewisville, Arkansas. She was a 1973 graduate of Blevins High School and was a Licensed Practical Nurse. Reta formerly worked at the garment plant in Nashville, the bank in Blevins, and Diamond Bank in De Queen. She married the love of her life, Garth Edwin Bradley, Sr., on January 1, 1984. She and Edwin are members of the De Queen Church of Christ and Reta was a member of several quilting and sewing clubs. She enjoyed crafts, fishing with Edwin, canning, her animals, and hummingbirds, but most of all, she cherished the time spent with her family and dear friends.

Reta believed in loving and helping others. She faithfully donated to Locks of Love when she could.

Reta was preceded in death by her father, J.E. Adams, and her brother-in-law, David Smith.

Those left to cherish her loving memory include her husband of over 37 years, Edwin Bradley, Sr. of De Queen; two sons and one daughter-in-law, JR Bradley and Steven (Paula) Bradley, all of Mena; one daughter, Beverly Ann Chambers of Mena; eight grandchildren and thirteen great-grandchildren; her mother, Mabel Adams of De Queen; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Jim and Nancy Adams of De Queen, and Willie and Geanetta Adams of De Queen; one sister, Susan Smith of De Queen; as well as, nieces, nephews, other relatives and a host of friends.

Funeral Services for Mrs. Reta Bradley will be held at 10:00 A.M., Monday, May 3, 2021, in the Chandler Funeral Home Chapel with Toney Stowers, Minister, officiating. Burial will follow at Chapel Hill Cemetery, under the direction of Chandler Funeral Home, De Queen. The family will receive friends from 2:00 to 4:00 P.M., Sunday, at the funeral home. You may send an online sympathy message at www.chandlerfuneral.com.