David A. Bradfield

Also surviving are his sister, Yolande B. Davenport (Clarence) of Bethesda, MD., niece Ambassador Elizabeth Davenport McKune, nephews Stephen Roy Davenport, M.D. and Richard George Davenport, niece Trudy Bradfield Taliaferro and nephew Judge David Martin Bradfield and a host of grandnieces and nephews.

Dave Bradfield - V. President, Commercial Lending, Ashland

Thirty-sixth District Judge David Bradfield has routinely banned photographers from his courtroom, although the state of Michigan has allowed cameras in courts since March 1989.Bradfield only allows one camera, video or still, and it must be placed in the rear of the courtroom and use only a wide-angle lens.Pictures of the judge and his staff are forbidden.

Bradfield requires that photographers give him three days' notice that they intend to use a camera, yet he would not divulge the cases on his docket more than a day in advance, according to the Michigan Press Association Bulletin.

In October 1992, Chief Circuit Judge Richard Kaufman ordered Bradfield to follow state Supreme Court rules allowing video and still cameras to cover court proceedings, after the Detroit Free Press complained about the judge's limitations on photographers.
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However, according to the Free Press, Bradfield continued to exclude Free Press photographers from his courtroom.
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Bradfield did not appear at his first hearing with Judge Kaufman scheduled for Sept. 8.
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Free Press attorney Herschel Fink threatened that if Bradfield did not appear for the rescheduled hearing, Fink would have the judge subpoenaed.
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Fink also asked Kaufman to fine Bradfield $5,000 every time the judge disobeyed the order, according to the Michigan Press Association Bulletin.
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Bradfield argued that cameras are intrusive and the Supreme Court order gave him authority to limit camera coverage.According to the Free Press, Bradfield intends to appeal Kaufman's ruling.

Dave Bradfield

V. President, Commercial Lending

David A. Bradfield
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MANSFIELD: David A. Bradfield, 42, of Marion Avenue Road, Mansfield, died Tuesday evening May 10, 2005 in the emergency room of MedCentral Mansfield Hospital from a pulmonary embolism.

He was born July 9, 1962 in Ashland, was graduated from Ashland High School in 1980, and remained a lifelong resident of the Ashland and Mansfield area.

David earned his Bachelor's degree in Agricultural Economics in 1984 from The Ohio State University.

He had worked the past four years with Sutton Bank, as Vice President of Commercial Lending, serving both the Ashland and Ontario bank branches.

Though banking was his vocation, farming was his passion ~ as he leased several hundred acres of Ashland area farmland every year.He also enjoyed custom agricultural work, and worked with several large Ashland area family farms.

David was a member and advisory board member for Junior Achievement of North Central Ohio, was a member of Ashland Rotary Club, and attended Ontario Christian Fellowship.

He will be remembered for his honesty, his integrity and his smile.David had so many abilities ~ even the practical skills of plumbing and electrical talents.

Always the loving father, David had a deep desire that those he cared about, would know the Lord, … and was, in short, an example setter.

He is survived by his daughters Haley Bradfield and Emily Bradfield; his fiancée Tamara Williamson, and her daughters Alexandra and Victoria; his mother and step father Kay J. (Schoonover) and Herschel Grim of Mansfield; his father Robert L. Bradfield of Ashland; his brother and sister-in-law Douglas and Evelyn Bradfield of Columbus, Georgia; a nephew Jarrod Bradfield; a niece Toni Bradfield; his fiancée's parents David and Karen Holdsworth of Mansfield; and a great circle of friends.

The family will receive friends Thursday, May 12, 2005 from 6-8 pm and Friday, May 13, 2005 from 2-4 and 6-8 pm in the Lexington Avenue Snyder Funeral Home.The worship service, giving Glory to God for the life of David A. Bradfield will be held Saturday at 10 am in Ontario Christian Fellowship, 636 South Lexington Springmill Road, with Pastor Kim Mauer officiating.