Bradie Lee Clements
Clements, Angee (BAR IT)
Bradie Lee Clements
Bradie Lee Clements
1995-2015
On Thursday, November 23, 1995 while most families were watching
the KC Chiefs and enjoying their afternoon Thanksgiving dinners, Bradie Lee
Clements was born to Darren and Angela (Aley) Clements.From the moment Bradie came into this world
until the minute he left us on April 20, 2015 to join his maternal
grandparents, Robert and Roberta Aley, in Heaven, Bradie never stopped
moving. He kept his parents always
wondering where is Bradie, where did these new dogs come from or who put the
milk jug back in the refrigerator completely empty?? And their loving response was always the
same…”That’s just Bradie”. If you knew
Bradie, you knew that there was always somewhere to go and always something to
do…and his friends and family all knew that when you asked what his plans were
his response was always the same, “I am busy, bud…” Bradie lived up to his favorite Ford motto…”The
Best Never Rest…”
To most of his 2014 MHS classmates, Bradie was known
“Country Clem” because he always had on dirty cowboy boots, a dog box in the
back of his truck and he loved anything that allowed him to be out in the
country, running his favorite coonhound Jake or tearing down a back country
road to his favorite fishing hole. Bradie was honest and hardworking having worked for Nodaway County Veterinary
Clinic during his junior and senior high school years. He loved the time he got to spend working with
Drs. Joe and Ed Powell. Bradie won an FFA award during his junior year for working over 1600 hours while being a full
time student. After high school, Bradie
accepted a position as a summer laborer for MoDOT and was proud the day he
completed getting his CDL license. In
the last month, Bradie was hired to work 2nd shift machining at
Kawasaki Motors, to follow the footsteps set by his father. More than anything, in the fall of 2014 Bradie
met a girl, Miss Katie Beck, who was the one and only girl to ever get Bradie
to slow down and together they had started to build a life together…Bradie was
forever a better man for having met Katie.
Bradie played football from Kindergarten through his
sophomore year of high school, was a 4 year FFA member but was most proud of
his membership in various coon hunting clubs, including the Nodaway County Coon
Hunters Association and Northwest Missouri Coon Hunter’s Association. There was nothing Bradie enjoyed more than
running his dogs and competing in night hunts.
Bradie leaves behind his parents; his younger brothers,
Blake (16) and Benjamin (13); paternal grandparents, Richard Clements,
Pickering, and Leareta (Harris) Clements, Pickering; girlfriend, Katie Beck,
Fairfax; and many aunts, uncles, cousins, as well as an entire community of
friends and fellow coon hunters throughout Neb., Iowa, Missouri, Kan. and Okla.
Bradie is in Heaven now smiling down upon us all…driving a
loud Ford truck.He’s got a couple Walker coon hounds in the dog box, and is
headed out to dump the dogs for one more run…as another competition hunter
stated….”rest easy, young man, your entry fees have been paid in full.”
Monetary donations can be made to Citizen’s Bank & Trust,
Maryville, MO., in care of the “Bradie Clements Memorial Fund” to establish a
pay-it-forward program in our community.
Visitation will be at the Bram-Danfelt Funeral Home,
Maryville, Missouri, on Friday, April 24, 2015, from 6-8 p.m. The funeral service will be at the Laura Street Baptist Church, Maryville,
Missouri, on Saturday, April 25, 2015, at 10:30 a.m. The burial will follow in the Miriam Cemetery, Maryville
A Celebration of Life and Lunch will be held for all family
and friends at Laura Street Baptist Church following burial.
For online condolences and guest book, visit
www.bramfuneralhome.co
