Robert Garnett Bridwell

He was a retired safety officer with the federal government. After his retirement he became owner and operator of Rural Home Builders in Stafford County. He was a US Navy veteran of WWII. He was a member of Mt Ararat Baptist Church, where he was a past Sunday school superintendent and deacon. He was a member of the Stafford Ruritan Club, and American Legion Post #290.

He is survived by two daughters, Deborah D. Bridwell and Janet D. Bridwell both of Stafford; two grandsons, Robert Lee Taylor and Shawn Patrick Taylor; and a sister, Doris Bridwell Wells Brooks and brother-in-law, Herbert Brooks both of Stafford.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Virginia Bridwell in 1995.

A service will be held at Mt Ararat Baptist Church on Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 12:00 PM, with the family receiving friends an hour prior to the service. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

Memorials may be made in his name to the Alzheimer's Association, P.O. Box 96011 Washington, DC 20090-6011 or Mary Washington Hospice, 5012 Southpoint Pkwy Fredericksburg, VA 22408.