1938
Doris
2012
Doris Burks Bridges
August 21, 1938 — December 28, 2012
Mrs. Doris Willidean Burks Bridges passed away surrounded by family at St. Thomas hospital on December 28, 2012.
Doris was born in Mt. Pleasant, Tennessee to the late Claude Dean and Mattie Odom Burks on August 21, 1938. At the age of approximately 9 she had to quit school to take care of her younger siblings while both her parents worked in the fields to support the family. She often talked about having to stand in a chair at the stove in order to cook meals for the family. When her youngest brother, Rayburn was born, Doris told her baby sister, Martha not to worry; she would always be her baby. She was a great caregiver and a mama to everybody all her life.
In 1956 she married Robert Bridges with whom she eloped to Mississippi to get married at the age of 16. Together they had 3 children. Robert passed away in 1996 after 40 years of marriage. Mrs. Bridges was a babysitter in her home for many years helping to raise a lot of children in the community. She also worked at Hidden Acres as a cook before her retirement.
She loved her children, grandchildren and her dog “Puddin’” who passed away earlier and her bird “Nigel”. Doris loved flowers and working in her yard. She was of the Church of Christ faith.
Mrs. Bridges is survived by her children: Brenda Bridges (Michael) Gaddes of Mt. Pleasant, Anthony (Denise) Bridges of Culleoka and Robert (Jennifer) Bridges of Sanford, N. C.; her grandchildren: Michael (Crystal) Gaddes, Randy (Jill) Gaddes and Ashlynn Bridges; great-grandchildren: Ethan Gaddes, Shaun Gaddes, Lilly Gaddes and Landon Gaddes; brother: Rayburn Dean (Kathy) Burks; special friends: Billie Jo Hough, Nettie Gibson and Bill and Grace Ferguson. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her siblings: William Burks, Nellie Mae Burks Roberts and Martha Fay Burks Boshers; and special friend Annie Lou Overton.
Graveside services for Mrs. Bridges will be held on Wednesday, January 2, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at Arlington Cemetery in Mt. Pleasant. Family and friends will travel in procession to the cemetery from Williams Funeral Home in Mt. Pleasant, leaving at 1:45 p.m. The family will visit with friends on Tuesday, January 1 from 2:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. Her grandsons and nephews will serve as pallbearers.
Williams Funeral Home of Mt. Pleasant is assisting the family with the arrangements and online condolences may be made at www.williamsfh.com .
Doris was born in Mt. Pleasant, Tennessee to the late Claude Dean and Mattie Odom Burks on August 21, 1938. At the age of approximately 9 she had to quit school to take care of her younger siblings while both her parents worked in the fields to support the family. She often talked about having to stand in a chair at the stove in order to cook meals for the family. When her youngest brother, Rayburn was born, Doris told her baby sister, Martha not to worry; she would always be her baby. She was a great caregiver and a mama to everybody all her life.
In 1956 she married Robert Bridges with whom she eloped to Mississippi to get married at the age of 16. Together they had 3 children. Robert passed away in 1996 after 40 years of marriage. Mrs. Bridges was a babysitter in her home for many years helping to raise a lot of children in the community. She also worked at Hidden Acres as a cook before her retirement.
She loved her children, grandchildren and her dog “Puddin’” who passed away earlier and her bird “Nigel”. Doris loved flowers and working in her yard. She was of the Church of Christ faith.
Mrs. Bridges is survived by her children: Brenda Bridges (Michael) Gaddes of Mt. Pleasant, Anthony (Denise) Bridges of Culleoka and Robert (Jennifer) Bridges of Sanford, N. C.; her grandchildren: Michael (Crystal) Gaddes, Randy (Jill) Gaddes and Ashlynn Bridges; great-grandchildren: Ethan Gaddes, Shaun Gaddes, Lilly Gaddes and Landon Gaddes; brother: Rayburn Dean (Kathy) Burks; special friends: Billie Jo Hough, Nettie Gibson and Bill and Grace Ferguson. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her siblings: William Burks, Nellie Mae Burks Roberts and Martha Fay Burks Boshers; and special friend Annie Lou Overton.
Graveside services for Mrs. Bridges will be held on Wednesday, January 2, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at Arlington Cemetery in Mt. Pleasant. Family and friends will travel in procession to the cemetery from Williams Funeral Home in Mt. Pleasant, leaving at 1:45 p.m. The family will visit with friends on Tuesday, January 1 from 2:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. Her grandsons and nephews will serve as pallbearers.
Williams Funeral Home of Mt. Pleasant is assisting the family with the arrangements and online condolences may be made at www.williamsfh.com .
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