WALTER BRIDGES, SR. Obituary: Terrebonne Parish, La.

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan

Source: Houma Courier, Houma, Terrebonne Parish, La.

1 Aug 2005

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August 02. 2005 12:52PM

Walter Bridges Sr.

Walter Samuel "Sam" Bridges Sr., 80, a native of Pleasant Hill, a former 
resident of Houma and resident of Saraland, Ala., died at 6:34 p.m. Saturday, 
July 30, 2005.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Radney Funeral Home in Saraland and 
from 10 a.m. to funeral time Wednesday at Forrest Lawn Baptist Church in 
Saraland. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the church, with 
burial in Forrest Lawn Cemetery.

He is survived by his wife, Doris Dark Bridges of Saraland; four sons, Walter 
Bridges Jr. and wife, Beverly, of Crestview, Fla., James Bridges and wife, 
Nancy, of Bourg, Russell Bridges and wife, Doris, of Mobile, Ala., and Greg 
Bridges of Satsuma, Ala.; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Henry Herbert and Hattie Lacey Bridges; 
four brothers, Tommy, Johnny, Dale and Jack Bridges; and one sister, Carmen 
Bridges Jackson.

He was a retired drilling superintendent for Union Oil of California and was a 
member of Forrest Lawn Baptist Church.