Reverend Doctor Charles Brantley Bledsoe
January 11, 1934 – June 15, 2016
MIDDLESEX – Charles Brantley Bledsoe, 82, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday. He was son to the late Onie Jane Brantley Bledsoe. Reverend Bledsoe was cofounder of World Ministry Outreach with his lovely wife Jada Lee Engle Bledsoe. They started the first drug rehabilitation center in Ft. Lauderdale FL, which later opened other centers in different states. The World Ministry Outreach also opened missions in the Dominican Republic & Haiti to help the needy. He was preceded in death by his wife Jada and his daughter, Jayona.
He is survived by his children, Barry Flavious Bledsoe (Barbie) of Cape Coral, FL, Melody Bledsoe of Washington, D.C., Faith Swanson (Geoff) of Titusville FL, and his grandchildren Enoch Bledsoe, Barry Bledsoe Jr., Elijah Bledsoe, Becky Savage, Rachel Bledsoe, Joshua Swanson, Anna Grace Swanson and his great grandchildren Wesley Savage, Casady Savage, Franklin Brantley Jr. Savage, Easton Lee Savage and Dante Bledsoe.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made to East Wake Church of God.
Funeral service will be at 3 pm on Sunday at East Wake Church of God with a private burial to follow. Reverend Bledsoe will lie in state from 2-3pm prior to the service.
Arrangements are with Strickland Funeral Home, 211 W. Third St., Wendell. www.stricklandfuneralhomes.net
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My pastor, thanks for taking me on my first missions trip when I was 15. That’s when a love for missions was born in my heart, today 43 years later I’m over Good Shepherd Ministries with close to 100 churches in Mexico and central america. Many souls have been saved and transformed. To God be the glory.
Thanks to Brother Charles dedication & Especially Sister Jada laboring prayers that shaped His Story into the lives of many souls hungering fulfillment in The Eternal Ultimate Intention of the Father’s mind,will & Purpose
I met “Brother Charles” as a kid around 1992 when our family moved to Fort Lauderdale, FL (from Tampa, FL and previously Puerto Rico). My dad (also a minister), Agustin Velazquez, and Brother Charles were very close friends for many years and I have very fond memories of them together. My mom, Alexandra (“Sandy”) Velazquez, was also very fond of Brother Charles and his family. I am so sad to learn that Brother Charles passed away. My dad passed away on July 1, 2017. I wish they could’ve reunited before their passing but I’m sure they are now reunited in the Lord’s glory. God bless Brother Charles and his family and friends.
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