Wayne E. Bradshaw

Wayne Ellis Bradshaw, 73, of Dothan died Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at a local hospital.

Services will be held 2:30 pm Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011 at Sunset Funeral Home with Rev. Myrice McNab and Dr. Hayes McKay officiating. Burial will follow in Pinckard Memorial Cemetery with Robert Byrd directing. The family will receive friends from 1-2:30 on Thursday at the funeral home. Flowers are being accepted or memorial donations may be made to the Stegall Seminary Scholarship Endowment Foundation, P.O. Box 241661, Montgomery, AL, 36124-1661 or United Methodist Children’s Home, 3140 Zelda Ct., Montgomery, AL, 36106-2607.rnDr. Bradshaw was born September 26, 1937 in Houston County, and lived in Dothan most of his life. He was a Veteran of the U.S. Navy having served as a Chief Medical Corpsman. He attained his Bachelor of Biological Science Degree and a Masters Degree in Guidance and Counseling from the University of Alabama, and a Doctorate in Education from Auburn University. Dr. Bradshaw was on the staff of Troy University and was the Assistant Superintendant of Dothan City Schools. He was a retired educator and owned and operated Bradshaw’s Jewelers. Dr. Bradshaw was a Charter Member of Covenant United Methodist Church and served with the Alabama-West Florida United Methodist Conference Lay Speaker Ministry. His awards include the Bill Piper Award and the John Wesley Fellow Award from the United Methodist Church. He was also awarded the Kiwanis Outstanding Educator Award.rnSurvivors include his wife Sue Bradshaw of Dothan; daughter, Tonjia Lisenby and her husband Ronny of Dothan; granddaughter, Gillian Walters and her husband Charles of Durham, NC; grandson Woods Bradshaw Lisenby of Montgomery; god-children, Melissa, Paul, and Madison Duprey, Catherine West Hundley, James C. West, and their mother, Donna West; a brother George Bradshaw, Jr. and his wife Judy of Dothan; a brother-in-law Myrice McNab and his wife Cynthia of Dothan; several nieces and nephews. Serving as active pallbearers will be Ronny Lisenby, Woods Bradshaw Lisenby, Charles Walters, James West, Paul Duprey, and Myrice McNab. Burial Date: January 1, 1970