Visitation will be from 11am - 1pm Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at Baldwin-Lee Funeral Home in Pearl. Funeral services will be at 1pm in the funeral home chapel with interment to follow at Eastern Cemetery in Forest.
Mr. Bridges was born September 2, 1929 to Percy Cleveland Bridges and Winnie Marshall Bridges.
He is preceded in death by infant daughter, Beverly Joyce Bridges; parents; and seven siblings.
He is survived by his wife of 32 years, Jeanette M. Bridges; daughters, Barbara Pryor (Jimmy) of Monroe, Sharon Barry (Baretta) of Cato, Sandra Yelverton (Tony) of Madison, and Jennifer May (Rich) of Johns; stepson, John Throne of Pearl; his previous wife and the mother of his daughters, Betty Jean Harris of Forest; 9 grandsons; 3 granddaughters; 9 great-grandsons; and 6 great-granddaughters.
Memorials may be made to French Camp Academy, H.T. Branning, Jr. Scholarship Fund, or the American Cancer Society.