Mary Lue (Bradford) Cole

May 18, 1927 - November 26, 2020

Mary Lue (Bradford) Cole passed away peacefully at home Thursday, Thanksgiving morning, November 26, 2020. She was 93 years old. She was born May 18, 1927 to Isaac and Nora Buford Bradford in Taylorsville, Kentucky and was the last living of 13 siblings: Bessie Corine, Whitaker, Paul Jesse, May Beatrice, Carrie May, Carol Catherine, Freeman Daniel, William Buford, Estelle, Gladys, Verna and E. T. . She was a graduate of Lincoln Institute and attended Louisville Municipal College where she met the love of her life, Lattimore W. Cole. They raised eight children together and had been married 66 years when he passed November 23, 2014. Mary Lue was a retiree of GE (Building 1), a devout member and Deaconess of Broadway Temple AME Zion Church, a natural born nurturer and care taker and being raised on a farm was a skilled down home cook of the first order. She is survived by her children, Aaron W. Cole (Hettie), Carolyn Cole Pettus, Allan L. Cole (Ada), Nora M. Cole, Mera E. Cole, Cathy Cole Smith, Talma Cole Collins and Bryan W. Cole (Marland); 21 grandchildren, 16 great grand children and two great great grandchildren. A public viewing will be held Monday, December 7th from 11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. and a private service for the family at 1:00pm at Burnett Avenue Baptist Church, 6800 S Hurstbourne Parkway. Covid mandates will be strictly observed. The service will also be live streamed. A. D. Porter & Sons are entrusted with the arrangements. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in her name to Hosparus Health of Louisville or the American Cancer Society.