Anna Gavin Bradshaw

Anna Gavin Bradshaw, 60, of Rock Ridge, passed away Friday. A Funeral Service will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 20, 2022, at Joyner’s Funeral Home. Rev. Ray Wells will officiate. Interment will follow at Marsh Swamp Free Will Baptist Church Cemetery.

The family will receive friends prior to the service from 2:00 – 3:45 p.m. at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway, Wilson.

Anna graduated from Hunt High School in 1980 where she was an avid softball player.  She was an assistant leader of Sims 4-H as well as a Hunt High School Band Booster member from 1997-2000. She was the owner of Pine Acres Farm (Bradshaw and Ramirez) as well as a former employee of Blue Ox & Stock Component as a truck driver. Anna loved hunting, fishing, horseback riding, truck driving and taking vacations with her son, Thomas.

Anna is survived by her one son, Joseph Thomas Ramirez of Wilson; son-in-law, John Kirk Barnes-Ramirez; grand dogs, Charlotte Victoria, Lucy Alexandra and Lilly Maria; nieces, Brandy Barnes (Todd) and BriAnne Lopez (Brian); great nieces, Brooke Ward and Makenna Barnes.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Thomas and Lucille Bradshaw; paternal grandparents, Dr. Thomas and Julia Reynolds Bradshaw; maternal grandparents, George and Etta Butler; sister, Mary Etta Byrd; fur baby, Cookie.

The Family would like to send a special thank you to Gov. Roy Cooper, The Women and Men of the North Carolina Department of Transportation, North Carolina State Highway Patrol, Wilson County Sheriffs Department, Wilson County Emergency Medical Services and all First Responders who heroically serve our communities daily.

Flowers are welcome from family’s preferred florist, Garner Florist (919) 772-2334, as well as memorial donations in Anna’s name to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, Tennessee, 38105 or Marsh Swamp Free Will Baptist Church Memorial Fund, 6664 Rock Ridge School Road, Sims, North Carolina, 27880.

Condolences directed to Joyner’s Funeral Home and Crematory at www.joyners.net.