Funeral services for Sylous Bradley are 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016, at Cherry Grove M. B. Church of Edwards with the Rev. Timothy Jackson officiating. Burial will follow at Cherry Grove Cemetery under the direction of W. H. Jefferson Funeral Home.

Mr. Bradley died Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016, at Merit Health River Region Medical Center. He was 81.  He was retired from the U. S. Rubber Co. and was a member of the Cherry Grove .M. B. Church.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Excell Bradley Sr. and Eunice Bradley Smith; his wife, Annie Louis Bradley, son, James Earl Thomas; brother, Larry Bradley; and sisters, Willie Mae Bradley Montgomery and Verdell Bradley West.

Survivors include three sons, Cornelius Bradley and Jimmy King, both of Vicksburg, and Otis Lee of Fayette; six daughters, Camille Bradley-Mills of Katy, Texas; Rosella Bradley Parker of Flint, Mich., Hattie P Bradley-Harris of Texas City, Texas, and Ella Lee Bradley Smith of Vicksburg, Jacqueline King-Boykins of Vicksburg and Chandra King of Clinton; brother, Excell Bradley Jr. of Gary, Ind.; 28 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren, 2 great-great-grandchildren, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives and friends.