Bradley Paul Babbitt, 18

by Daily Inter Lake
| May 6, 2006 1:00 AM

Bradley Paul Babbitt was born Dec., 11, 1987, in Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Bradley 'went home to be with the Lord' on May 3, 2006, at his residence in Lakewood, Ohio. Bradley was a student at Columbia Falls High School in 2004 before he moved back to Ohio. Bradley had traveled around the world as his father is retired from the U.S. Army, he lived in Germany, Egypt, Texas, Kentucky and Tennessee.

Bradley loved to snowboard and enjoyed giving his brothers and sisters a hard time. Bradley was the youngest and all his older siblings adored him and will truly miss him.

Bradley is survived by his parents, Robert and Chris Babbitt of Columbia Falls, and Steve and Denise Matthews, of Avon Lake, Ohio; his brothers, Robert Babbitt II of Bloomington, Ind., Brian Babbitt of Avon Lake, and Richard Gould of Columbia Falls.; sisters, Jamie Tatum of Odessa, Texas, and Jennifer Gould of Columbia Falls; grandparents, Bonnie Gregory of Anderson, Ind., and Dennis and Sue Schilling of Tucson, Ariz.; numerous aunts and uncles, Mike Morgan of Chicago, Nugget and Randy Trent of Middletown, Ind., Scott Schilling of Lorain, Ohio, Todd Schilling of Florida, and Brooke Schilling of Arizona. Bradley was loved by numerous friends and family.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Eastern time on Monday, May 8, at Busch Funeral Home, 163 Avon-Belden Road, Avon Lake, Ohio. Father James H, Beatty, pastor of Holy Spirit Church, Avon Lake, will officiate. Burial will follow at Resthaven Memory Gardens, Avon Lake.

For more information, to view an on-line memorial or to send a condolence, go to www.buschfuneral.com.