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Desmond Clarence "Des" Bridges

7 Oct 1914 – 8 Aug 1990

Birth	7 Oct 1914
Death	8 Aug 1990
Cemetery	Childress Cemetery Childress , Childress County , Texas , USA
Added by	Jan Collins on 19 May 2017
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65668053

Bio

Bridges, Childress CHILDRESS, Texas - Desmond "Des" Bridges, 75, died Wednesday. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at First Methodist Church with the Rev. Ivan Allen officiating. Burial will be in Childress Cemetery under the direction of Schooler-Gordon Funeral Home. Bridges was born Oct. 7, 1914, in Hopkins County, Texas, and had lived in Childress since 1921. He and Christine Williams were married June 18, 1941, in Childress. He was a master Mason of Blue Lodge No. 695 since 1948. He was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars, First Methodist Church and Volunteer Fire Department. He served in World War II and the Korean War. He was employed by the Childress Water Department for 28 years. Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Linda K. Cook of Grapevine, Texas; two sisters, Bernice Mitchell of Fort Worth and Thelma Jones of San Angelo Texas; and a grandson. (Published in Times Record News, Wichita Falls, Texas · Friday, August 10, 1990, Page 4)

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US Army World War II Korea

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Family

Parents

• Francis Columbus Bridges 1884–1971
• Ada May Nicholson Bridges 1892–1965

Spouse

• Alpha Christine Williams Bridges 1916–1999 FaG

Siblings

• Bernice Aldeena Bridges Morton 1916–1991
• Thelma Lee Bridges Jones 1919–2009

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