Newspaper: W. G. Bridges 1929,  Franklin Parish, LA,
Submitted February 2009 by: Glenda Warner Boyd


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The Franklin Sun     Winnsboro, LA    April 25, 1929

 
Former Local Merchant Ends Life On Sunday
Had Been In Business Here 23 Years; Highly Respected.
 
W. G. Bridges, well known former merchant of Winnsboro, 
committed suicide last Sunday morning near the nine o'clock hour. 
His son, who had started to leave for Shreveport where he works, 
was on his way to his father's room, when he heard a gun shot. He 
rushed into the room to find his father lying on the floor with a bullet 
from a 32-calibre pistol having passed through his brain.
Mr. Bridges had been in the mercantile business in Winnsboro for the 
past twenty-three years. Several weeks ago he sold his entire stock of 
dry goods and rented his business house to Renfrow & Son of Jena. He sold 
his stock of groceries to E. J. Kiper of Winnsboro last week and closed all 
his business transactions Saturday. Both he and his wife have been in ill 
health for the past several years.
Mr. Bridges is well known in this section of the state. He was noted for 
his honesty and integrity and was very successful in business. He has made 
a host of friends and was loved by many. He was highly respected by everyone 
with whom he came in contact.
Surviving the diseased are his wife, two sons, Arval and Ola, both of Shreveport 
and a multitude of other relatives and friends.
Interment was made in the Winnsboro cemetery on Monday afternoon at two o'clock.