Margaret Elaine Gregory Bradley of Corolla, NC was born in Erwin, NC on December 21, 1950. Funeral Services will be 2:00PM Tuesday, December 16, 2025 at the Erwin Chapel Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church in Erwin. Rev. Danny Helms will officiate. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends in the church fellowship hall following the committal service.

She was preceded in death by her father, Robert Early Gregory of Erwin and mother, Margaret Turlington Gregory of Erwin, NC. The father of her children, Russell W. Bradley of Fuquay-Varina, NC. Her brother-in-law, Joseph Nelson, Jr. of Cleveland, GA.

Survivors include her daughter, Julia Bradley DeLoach; granddaughter, Lola DeLoach; and her son-in-law, Ryan DeLoach all of Corolla, NC; her son, Jonathan W. Bradley, grandsons, Declan, and Asher Bradley all of Wilmington, NC; her sister, Susan Gregory Nelson of Cleveland, GA; her brother, Donald Gregory, wife, Judy, and son, Aaron all of Erwin, NC; and numerous cousins.

Elaine was a Christian who loved God and her family. She was a loving mother, daughter, sister, grandmother, cousin, and friend. She loved to travel, go to the movies, and see plays, decorate, write, paint, draw, and volunteer but most of all, she loved to be with her family.

She worked for Carolina Telephone, Sprint, and AKC. While raising her children, she was president of the Dunn Garden Club, a member of the Christian Women’s Club, President of the PTA, volunteered at her children’s’ schools with the Juniorettes, cheerleading, Prom Committee, in the school library, in the school office, and she was a substitute teacher.

She was a member of the Presbyterian Church in Dunn. She sang in the choir, taught Sunday School, and helped with children’s church.

She will be missed immensely.

Arrangements by Rose & Graham Funeral Home in Coats.