Linda Carol Bradford, 70, of Viola died Tuesday, Feb. 5 at Alive Hospice at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville. She was born April 2, 1942 in White County and was a retired employee of River Park Hospital, and a Baptist. Mrs. Bradford was preceded in death by parents James Cecil Bryant and Jewel Marie Rose Bryant White.Survivors include her husband Edward Bradford; her children, Sharon and Edward Lawson, Pam and Chris Cooper, Cynthia and Shane Thomas, and Carl Devin and Jackie Rackley; stepchildren Catherine Bradford and Leslie and Anna Bradford; and sister, Wanda McMinn; eight grandchildren, one step grandchild, and nine great-grandchildren.Funeral service is 3 p.m. Thursday at McMinnville Funeral Home Chapel.