Everett Benedict Bradley, Jr
January 3, 1946 - November 25, 2024
Everett Benedict Bradley, Jr. passed away in Fallon, Nevada on November 25, 2024, at the age of 78. Born January 3, 1946, in Orangevale, California to parents Everett and Agusta Baker Bradley, Everett was known to his family as “Bennie.” As a child, Everett visited the brand new Disneyland with his grandparents, became the yo-yo champion of his elementary school, and played the trombone in high school. Prone to sneaking off to smoke and drink Coca-Cola, Everett was often a trial to his parents.
A man always mechanically inclined, Everett completed his automotive mechanic apprenticeship in 1970 and his machinist apprenticeship before an honorable discharge from the Army National Guard in 1971. Afterward, he permanently moved to Nevada, living first in Yerington, Silver Springs, and then Fallon, where he worked at Fallon Ford and Napa, before finally settling in Austin, where he retired from the NDOT highway maintenance crew in 2014. He spent his retirement trapshooting, reloading, traveling, cooking, and driving through the mountains.
Throughout his life, Everett had many, many hobbies and interests. He enjoyed wood and metal working, the results of which decorate several homes. He was an avid trapshooter, becoming the Nevada State Singles Champion in 1999. He and his daughter spent many an evening in the garage reloading for the next big shoot. As an automotive and off-roading enthusiast, Everett rebuilt a 1966 Kaiser Jeep CJ-5, which he loved taking out into the mountains to go “jeeping” and to find ghost towns. He really loved cooking, and he loved sharing the recipes he found with his loved ones. He was also a fan of the arts, frequently commenting on how amazing someone’s drawing skill was and taking pictures of paintings he encountered in his travels. He loved music and would sometimes sit and do nothing but listen. He traveled quite a bit, having visited nearly the entirety of the west and south-west, and often combined his travels with other interests, like trapshooting, history, and trains. Everett lived a very full life, and he had a lot of fun doing it.
Everett is survived by his partner, Nancy, his children Doug, Kevin, Michael, and Melanie, and his grandchildren Daniel, Sean, Evelyn, Macray, and Thomas.
At Everett’s request, there will be no funeral services or graveside services or “any of that bull***t,” as he would say; his burial will be at noon on December 21st in Austin, Nevada at the Calvary Cemetery. A celebration of Everett’s life, the party he wanted us to have, will be held at 4:00 pm on April 26th, at the Fallon Elks lodge, 93 West Center St.