Mrs. Donna "Gail" Bradley, age 70, of Dalton, Georgia, departed this life Sunday, August 13, 2023, at Regency Park Health and Rehabilitation, surrounded by her loving family.  Gail's final wish was granted to go the sleep here and wake up with the love of her life. Gail was born March 28, 1953 in Dalton, Georgia.  She was preceded in death by her loving husband, Carl "Elmer" Bradley, her parents, James Bailey and Betty Bishop McPherson, her brother, Lamar Bailey, father-in-law and mother-in-law, Carlton Sonny and Bessie Bradley, grandparents, James R. and Emma Bailey, and Joe and Mamie Cochran Bishop and a brother-in-law, Herb Joyce.

Gail was a 1971 graduate of Eastbrook High School and was the owner of Tiny Town Daycare for eighteen years.  She drove a school bus for Whitfield County Schools for over twenty years and was a "Nanny" to countless kids.

She is survived by her daughters and son-law, Jennifer and Steve Silvers, Regina Durham all of Dalton, GA; grandsons, Ian (Jacy) Bradley, Bryson (Ally) Durham, Hunter (Kevin) Bradley; granddaughter, Amber (Josh) Mull; great great-granddaughters, Zoey Mull, and Hensley Bradley; great-grandson, Rayden Mull' sisters, Patty Joyce, Mendy Rogers both of Dalton, GA; sisters-in-law, Debbie Bailey of Daytona Beach, FL, and Susan M. Bradley of Ringgold, GA; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Jerry and Lavonna Bradley of Dalton, GA; aunt, Virginia Hanners of Jupiter, FL; her special companions, her yorkie, Sophie and her pit bull, Diamond; several nieces and nephews.

Services to celebrate the life of Mrs. Donna Gail Bradley will be held Saturday, August 19, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. at Ponders Melrose Chapel with Reverend Stoney Kiser officiating. Pallbearers will be Ian Bradley, Bryson Durham, Koy Gray, Xzavien Scott, Taylor Masters, Chaise Bradley and Dalton Watkins.

The family will receive friends at Ponders Melrose Chapel from 4:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. Friday and after 11:00 a.m. Saturday until the service hour.

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Arrangements by Ponders Melrose Chapel, 138 Melrose Drive, Dalton, Georgia, 30721, 706.226.4002www.selectedindependentfuneralhomes.org and www.ogr.org.