| Bernard E. Brady, 88, of Walker, W.Va., died March 6, 2010, at his residence.
He was born in Shock, W.Va., a son of the late Elbert and Josephine Boone Brady.
He was an active member of Vaught Chapel Church and was retired from Cyanamid. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps for six years during World War II, becoming a disabled American veteran at Guam in the South Pacific. He was a former forest ranger for the West Virginia Department of Natural Resources in Boone County and was a member of American Legion Post 15.
He was also a proud member of the Wood County Farm Bureau for over 60 years.
He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Willodeane Brady; five children, Elbert Brady (Lynda) of South Charleston, W.Va., Janet Barnhart of Anna Maria, Fla., Danny Brady (Kathy) of Newark, W.Va., Vickie Bradley (Michael) of Leachtown, W.Va., and Mark Brady (Connie) of Leachtown, W.Va.; 13 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; five brothers and sisters, Bernice Rogers of Baltimore, Md., Barbara Sauer (Sonny) of Orma, W.Va., Borden Brady of Mathias, W.Va., Brock Brady (Alma) of Shock, W.Va., and Blair Brady (Charlotte) of Shock, W.Va.; and one sister-in-law, Thelma Brady of Cedar Creek, W.Va.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one brother, Blaine Brady; one sister, Beulah Bailey; and an infant sister, Bertha Brady.
Services will be Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Leavitt Funeral Home, Parkersburg, with the Rev. Jamie Sprague, the Rev. Rod Blanchard and grandson Zackary Brady officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memory Gardens with military graveside rites by American Legion Post 15. Visitation will be Tuesday from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
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