Bradley Ozell Holland

PANAMA CITY BEACH - Bradley Ozell Holland, 56, of Panama City Beach, passed away in his home on August 9, 2021, after a brief battle with cancer. A memorial had been planned to honor him but was cancelled due to Covid.

He was born on February 20, 1965, in Paducah, KY, to parents Violet J. Wood and Ozell Holland. Bradley and his mother moved to Osceola, MO, where he graduated from Osceola High School in 1983. He began his career as an EMT at Osceola Hospital and Golden Valley Hospital. In 1984, Bradley joined the U.S. Navy and served four years as a Navy Corpsman. He was stationed in Millington, TN, where he met and married his first wife, and they had two children. After being honorably discharged from the Navy, Bradley soon began his career with the Memphis Police Dept. After serving over 20 years, he was medically retired at the rank of Sergeant due to a back injury. After retirement from MPD, he and his wife moved back to his hometown in Missouri and raised cattle on their farm.

Bradley was a member in good standing with the Masonic Lodge, St. Clair No. 273, and the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry. He and his wife, Susan, were members of Hopewell Baptist Church in Quincey, MO, where they were married in January 1998. In 2015, he and his wife moved to Panama City Beach, FL where they enjoyed six years of sun, sand, riding his Harley and frequent trips to Disney World.

Bradley was preceded in death by his parents, Violet Wood and Ozell Holland.

He is survived by his wife, Susan Holland of Panama City Beach, FL; one son, Beau Holland of TN; one daughter, Hope Holland Warner of Shreveport, LA; his sister-in-law, Sheila Lance of Southaven, MS; his brother-in-law, Craig Benton of Rento, WA; two cousins, Ben Turner of Paducah, KY and Janene Campbell of Paducah, KY; and a stepfather Leroy Wood of Versailles, MO.

Bradley will be forever missed by his family, his brothers and sisters in blue and many, many friends. Bradley Holland lived WELL.

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