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Submitted: 3/15/18 • Approved: 3/15/18 • Last Updated: 5/27/22 • R1213871-G1116778-S3
Amos 18 Jul 1918 - 09 Jan 2008
Alma 26 Nov 1922 - 10 Mar 2018
Marriage: 27 May 1944 recorded Lawrence County, Arkansas Book Q-535
Amos Owen Smith the son of Ira Datus Bridges and Elva (McBride) Bridges. Alma Jearelene (Smith) Bridges the daughter of John E Smith and Cora Betty Smith.
Amos Owen Bridges, 89, of Black Rock, died Jan. 9, 2008, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
Born July 18, 1918, in Black Rock, he was the son of Ira and Elva McBride Bridges. A lifelong resident of Black Rock, he worked as a carpenter for Clark Construction for over 40 years and was a member of the Black Rock Methodist Church. He was a lifetime member of the Black Rock VFW Post 11300.
He was a World War II Army veteran, serving in the South Pacific with the 25th Infantry Division at Guadalcanal, Hawaii, New Zealand and the Georgian Islands.
Survivors include his wife of 63 years, Alma Jearelene (Smith) Bridges, whom he married May 27, 1944, in Powhatan; a daughter, Carolyn Bridges, Black Rock; two sons, Jim Bridges and wife Judy, Pocahontas, and Bobby Bridges and wife Linda, Imboden; a brother, Matthew Bridges, Rockford, Ill.; three grandchildren, Bridget Bridges, Brad Bridges and Tim Hudson; and three great-grandchildren.
Funeral was Saturday at 2 p.m. in Higginbotham Chapel with Rev. Bob McMillon officiating. Burial was in Kelly Cemetery, near Imboden, under the direction of Higginbotham Funeral Service.
Obituary courtesy of thetd.com The Times Dispatch, Walnut Ridge, Arkansas 16 Jan 2008
Also, that of his wife;
Alma Jerelene Bridges
November 26, 1922 - March 10, 2018
Alma Jerelene Bridges, age 95 years, born November 26, 1922, and a lifetime resident of Lawrence County, departed from this life on March 10, 2018, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Walnut Ridge.
She was a 1943 graduate of Sloan Hendrix Academy of Imboden and was of the Methodist faith. Alma married Owen Bridges, the love of her life, on May 27, 1944, have had 64 years together.
Her parents John E. Smith and Cora Betty Smith, and her twin siblings, Virgil E. Smith and wife Mary, and Christene Wagner and husband Fritz preceded her in passing.
She is survived by her three children: a daughter, Carolyn Bridges of Black Rock, and her two sons, Owen Jimmy Bridges and wife Judy of Walnut Ridge, and Bobby Malcolm Bridges and wife Linda of Imboden. Also surviving her is her precious grand-daughter, Bridget Loftus and husband Kent, and their son, Owen Hogan Loftus - Alma’s great grandson and her pride and joy of Marathon, Florida. Her precious grand-son, Brad Michael Bridges and wife Julie of St. Simons Island, Georgia also survives her. A step grand-son, Tim Hudson also survives her.
Funeral Service Thursday, March 15, 2018. Interment will follow at Kelley Cemetery near Imboden.
Obituary provided courtesy of Cox Funeral Home Walnut Ridge, Lawrence County, Arkansas posted 12 Mar 2018. © Copyright 2012 - 18 Cox Funeral Home. All Rights Reserved.
http://www.cox-fearsfuneralhome.com/obituary/alma-bridges-
Contributed on 3/15/18 by denise.bratcher63
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