[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 112 (Thursday, July 7, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E699]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              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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