PORT GIBSON — Julia Bradford died Friday, Dec. 26, 2014, at River Region Medical Center. She was 78.

Mrs. Bradford was a member of Magnolia M.B. Church.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Sam Foster and Rosie Dabney; husband, Louis C. Bradford; three sons, Hearty L. Mills, Dwayne Bradford and C.P. Heath; and two daughters, Glenda Mills and Ruby Heath.

Survivors include six sons, Paul Bradford, Bobby Bradford and Edward Heath all of Port Gibson, Louis Bradford Jr. of Los Angeles, Charles Heath of Houston, Texas, and Dannie L. Heath of Tucson, Ariz.; three daughters, Wilma Devine and Bessie Heath, both of Port Gibson, and Lela Ruffin of Jackson; 25 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; and nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends.

Services will be held at 11a.m., Saturday, Jan. 3, 2015, at Magnolia M.B. Church in Port Gibson, with the Rev. Hugh Johnson officiating. Burial will be at Thompson Memorial Garden Cemetery under the direction of Thompson Funeral Home Inc. of Port Gibson.

Visitation will be today from 1 to 5 p.m. at the funeral home, and Saturday at the church from 10 a.m. until the service time.