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John Bray Takes Reins of AHFA Board for 2010
November 17, 2009 From News
John Bray, chief executive officer of Vanguard Furniture, has been elected 2010 chairman of the American Home Furnishings Alliance.

Bradburn Leads AHFA; Spilman Honored for Service
November 2008 From News
Bruce Bradburn, CEO of Bradburn Co., Atlanta, was elected 2009 chairman of the American Home Furnishings Alliance (AHFA) during the organization’s annual last week in Chicago; and Bassett Furniture Inds. President and CEO Rob Spilman received the organization’s highest honor, the Distinguished Service Award. In addition to Bradburn, the AHFA board also elected John Bray, CEO of Vanguard Furniture, Hickory, N.C., first vice chairman; and Bob Duncan of American Leather, Dallas, second vice chairman. Kurt Darrow, president of La-Z-Boy, Monroe, Mich., moves to immediate past-chairman of the AHFA Board of Directors. The officers will assume their new posts Jan. 1, 2009. Members newly elected

Gordon Bradburn, 88, Dies
December 2007 From News
Gordon F. “Brad” Bradburn, the doorman and greeter at The Bradburn Gallery’s High Point showroom, has died from complications associated with surgery. He was 88. Bradburn had held his post for the lighting and accessories company since April 1989. The company is owned by Bruce and Fran Bradburn. Gordon Bradburn was Bruce’s father. Bradburn was a retired Air Force colonel and war hero. He was in command of an air rescue squadron in the early 1950s when he flew a rescue mission to the North Pole. The mission was reported in Life Magazine. Toward the end of his military career he was shot