BARBARA JEAN BRADFORD ENTERED ETERNAL REST ON AUGUST 9, 2024, AT THE AGE OF 81. BARBARA WAS BORN BARBARA JEAN BURRELL ON CHRISTMAS DAY IN 1942 AT CHARITY HOSPITAL IN NEW ORLEANS , LOUISIANA TO PARENTS ELASCO V. BURRELL AND MARY VEAL.


AT AN EARLY AGE SHE RELOCATED TO CHICAGO ILLINOIS UNTIL COMING BACK TO LOUISIANA. SHE HAS TWO BIOLOGICAL SISTERS, MRS. GLORIA J. TOLBERT JOHNSON AND MRS. BERTHELLA BURRELL JONES, BOTH WHO HAVE TRANSITIONED TO GLORY. SHE ALSO HAS TWO SISTERS IN THE SPIRIT BARBARA J. TAYLOR AND MOTHER THERESA LEBLANC, WHO HAS PASSED. SHE HAD ONE SON, JOHN FITZGERALD BROWN, WHOM AT A YOUNG AGE TRANSITION UNEXPECTEDLY.


SHE FAITHFULLY ATTENDED LIFE CATHEDRAL WORSHIP CENTER UNDER CHIEF APOSTLE LLOYD BENSON SR. THERE AS A MOTHER IN THE CHURCH WAS CONSIDERED FAMILY. BARBARA HAS A HOST OF GODCHILDREN, NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS, OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. SHE PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER SON, HER PARENTS, AND SISTERS. BARBARA'S PASSION FOR COOKING TOUCHED ALL WHO KNEW HER. SHE ALSO SHARED A LOVE FOR GARDENING AND SEWING. HER CAREER IN HEALTH CARE LED HER TO MEET LIFELONG FRIENDS AS SHE WAS A NATURAL CARE GIVER. BARBARA WILL BE CONTINUALLY LOVED AND MISSED BY SO MANY.