Brad Brumley


Brad Brumley was born in Marietta, Miss., Aug. 3, 1917. He baptized in July, 1933. He is buried in Memorial Gardens which is south of Henderson, TN.
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Betty Brumley Killed in Accident
W. A. Bradfield
Mrs. Brad Brumley, 44-year-old psychology and education instructor at Freed-Hardeman College, died early Saturday morning, July 11, in Community Hospital, Corinth, Miss., of injuries received about an hour earlier when the automobile which she was driving collided with a truck on rain-slicked Highway 72 near Corinth, Miss.
Mrs. Brumley's husband, Brad Brumley, was seriously injured and Is a patient in Baptist Hospital In Memphis. Miss Shirley Masarone, also a passenger in the car, received serious Injuries and Is in Campbell's Clinic in Memphis.

Betty Brumley was born March 19. 1920, at Laffe, Ark. She graduated from the high school at Rector, Ark., in 1937. She attended Murray State College, 1937-1939. She received the Bachelor of Arts degree at Harding College in January, 1957. She received the Master of Arts degree at Harding in August, 1957. She taught at Birmingham. Miss.; Rector, Ark.; and Crowley's Ridge Academy. Paragould, Ark. She joined the faculty at Freed-Hardeman College In September 1957 as a teacher in the Education and Psychology Department. Mr. Brumley is chairman of the Education Department at Freed-Hardeman College.

Mr. and Mrs. Brumley were both very active in the work of the church. He is minister of the Estes church of Christ near Henderson. Mrs. Brumley and her husband conducted Bible and teacher training schools throughout the South. They were returning home from a training school in Augusta, Ga., when the accident occurred.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Brumley leaves three daughters, Susan. May, and Fay Brumley, of Henderson; her parents, Dr. and Mrs. O. H. Clopton, of Rector. Ark.; a brother, Dr. O. H. Clopton, Jr., of Memphis; two sisters, Mrs. Billie Landis, of Rector, Ark.; and Mrs. Patty Sue Settlemoir, of Tempe, Ariz.

Funeral services were held July 13 at the Henderson church of Christ with President H. A. Dixon and Dean E. Claude Gardner of Freed-Hardeman College officiating. Burial was in Chester County Memorial Gardens.
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Memorial Scholarship Fund Started
Mrs. Brumley's friends have started a memorial scholarship fund at Freed-Hardeman College. All who would like to contribute are urged to send their contribution to FreedHardeman College, Henderson, Tenn., marked for Betty Brumley Memorial Scholarship Fund.
--- Gospel Advcoate, July 30, 1964, 495