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REMEMBERING THE LIFE OF BRADFORD C. FREEMAN
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HON. TRENT KELLY
of mississippi
in the house of representatives
Thursday, July 7, 2022
Mr. KELLY of Mississippi. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of Bradford Clark Freeman. Mr. Freeman (Mr. B. to his friends) was born September 4, 1924, in Artesia, MS to Erwyn and Ollie Freeman. He had four brothers and three sisters.
He graduated from Artesia High School in 1942. He was a freshman at Mississippi State when WWII started. He then volunteered for the paratroopers. On February 5, 1944, he went into Foreign Service with 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. He was a mortarman for Easy Company. He jumped in the D-Day Normandy invasion, fought in Operation Market-Garden, and was part of the defense of Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge, where he was wounded. He was able to rejoin his unit and participated in the occupations of Berchtesgaden and Austria.
After the war, he returned to Caledonia and married Willie Louise Gurley on June 29, 1947, and worked as a mail carrier for 32 years.
He is survived by his sister, Claydeen Allen of Amory, Mississippi, and 2 daughters, Beverly Bowles and Becky (Don) Clardy. He has 4 grandchildren: Brad (Carmen) Gore, Chris (Heather) Clardy, Kelly
(David) Perkins, and Michael (Whitney) Clardy. He has 10 great-
grandchildren.
Mr. Freeman also leaves special friends: Jo Ann Gunn, Cindy Boyd, Tony Smith, Benny Coleman, Cheryl Reichling, Erik Dorr, Rose and Danny Coggins.
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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 168, No. 112(1), Congressional Record Vol. 168, No. 112(2)
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