Obituary of RICHARD A. BRIDGES, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

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From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.  

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Date: January 12, 2000

Headline:  Area Deaths

Richard A. Bridges, 60, of Jena, died at 4:30 a.m., Sunday, January 9, 200, 
at the Willis Knighton hospital in Shreveport.

He was a LaSalle Parish merchant, being owner and operator of R&B Pit Stop in 
Jena and Olla.

He was born Jan. 28, 1939, at Alexandria, to the union of R. J. and Juanita 
Aiken Bridges.
Services were held at 2 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 11, at the chapel of Kinner and 
Stevens Funeral Home in Jena with the Revs. Johnnie Phillips and Alban Poole 
officiating.

Interment followed in the Jena Cemetery under direction of Kinner and 
Stevens, Inc., of Jena.

Survivors include his wife, Barbara Bridges of Jena; one daughter, Nita 
Deville of Shreveport; one brother, Eddie Bridges of Jena; and three 
grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Buddy Henry, Brice Henry, Gerald Brooks, Clifford Elliott, 
Allen Croom, Bill Creed, Jimmy Manning, and Bob Garifo.

Honorary pallbearers were John Gresham, Carl Stucky, Bill Williams, Wally 
Walker, Tom Terral, James Herman Creed, Gene Colvin, John Bennett, Jeremy 
Bennett, Cliff Wishum, Cade Leggett, Banjo Bradford, and Over the Hill 
Hunting Club members.