Georgia:  Decatur County:  Obituary of Mrs. Hazel Whitehurst Bridges 
21 November 1940

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Tragic Death Met By Mrs. Frank Bridges

The tragic death Saturday night of Mrs. Hazel Whitehurst Bridges, wife of
Frank B. Bridges, came as a profound shock and cast a pall of gloom over the
entire city. Mrs. bridges died at a local hospital shortly after two o'clock
in the morning following fatal burns sustained about nine o'clock that night.

Mrs. Bridges who, with her husband and small three-year old daughter, Sharon,
had an apartment at the Alexander residence on River Street, attempted to
pour kerosene into a heater to start a fire, when the oil can exploded and
set fire to her clothing, and before aid could reach her she was so badly
burned that little hope was held for her recovery. She was rushed to the
hospital where she retained consciousness for some time and talked with
friends and members of the family before dropping off into her final sleep.
Her body was then removed to the home of her father-in-law, Mr. J. O.
Bridges, where it remained until Monday morning at 10 o'clock when funeral
services were held at the Baptist church, of which she was a member, with her
pastor, the Rev. S. B. King, officiating, assisted by the Rev. E. M. Overby,
Methodist pastor, and the Rev. W. T. Bodenhamer, of Tifton. Music and songs
for the service were by Miss Annie V. Womack, of Edison, and Mr. C. Bradley
Bridges and the girls' chorus from the Jakin high school. The church
auditorium was filled by a large crowd of sympathizing friends and banked
around the bier was one of the most beautiful and profuse floral offering
ever seen at such an occasion.

Interment followed in the city cemetery, with the Minter, Fellows & Forrester
Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Serving as pallbearers were John
Holman, Grady Holman, Jr., Bert Puckett, Felix Davis, Robinson McLendon,
Dunbar Grist, Alfred Felder, and Howard Davenport.

Mrs. Bridges, who was 25 years of age, was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Whitehurst of this county. She was a graduate of Blakely high school and was
married five years ago to Mr. Bridges. Three years ago a little daughter
entered their home, and the devotion of the young couple, each to the other,
and their great love for their only child, was an inspiration to their
friends. Now the sudden removal of the wife, and mother leaves a vacancy in
the home that can not be filled and an aching in the hearts of loved ones
that time alone can heal.

Surviving are her father and mother, husband and child; four brothers, R. L.
Whitehurst of Blakely, H. R. Whitehurst of Damascus, Quay Whitehurst of
Birmingham, Ala., and Wayne Whitehurst of Tampa, Fla.; four sisters, Mrs. Sam
Moody and Mrs. Roswell Lindsey of Blakely, and Mrs. Edgar Tiner and Mrs. Ed
Thompson of Jacksonville.

Source: Volume LXXXI No. 14 Early County News, Front Page, Thursday Evening,
November 21, 1940.
Blakely, Early Co., GA.

Submitted by: Brenda King McNair < Bmcnair614@aol.com