Roberta Bradford

Graveside service for Roberta Wheeler Bradford, 98, who died Monday, September 11, 2017, will be held at 2 P.M. Friday in the Sumter Cemetery. The Rev. Kirk Lawton will officiate. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 P.M. Thursday at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home. Born April 25, 1919, in Clarendon County, she was a daughter of the late Robert E. Wheeler and the late Clarabell White Wheeler. She was the widow of Ashby W. Bradford, Jr. Mrs. Bradford was a member of Grace Baptist Church. She was a member of the Pilot Club, Iris Garden Club, and D.A.R. (Daughters of the American Revolution). Survivors include sons, Ashby Bradford (Donna) of Sumter, Edward Bradford (Denise) of Sumter, and Roland Bradford (Brigetta) of Chapin; daughter, Roberta Stanley (Marty) of Villa Rica, GA; eight grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; and seven siblings, Sudie Harrington, Louise Buddin, Janie Bradley, Margaret Mims, Allyne Wheeler, Lillian McIntosh, and Robert Wheeler. Memorials may be made to a charity of one’s choice. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.