~ DORTHY (PROCTOR) BRIDGES ~

Loving Wife and Mother

Home Maker, helped with farming

Father: James Henderson Proctor (B: 1889, Yadkin, NC)

Mother: Nellie G. Vestal Proctor (B: 1891, Yadkin, NC)

Siblings: Robert Paul Proctor (B: 17 Aug 1912, Stokes County, NC - 09 Nov 1965, Winston-Salem, Forsyth, NC)spouse: Lena Mae Long, Porter Proctor (B: 1915, Yadkin, NC), Gladys Pearl Proctor (B: 16 Jul 1916, Yadkin, NC - 20 Feb 1995, Yadkin, NC; Burial: 22 Feb 1995, Mountain View Baptist, Hamptonville, Yadkin, NC), Troy Proctor (B: 1919, Yadkin, NC), Zeno Proctor (B: 1921, Yadkin, NC), Deette Proctor (B: 1923, Yadkin, NC), Dorothy Proctor (B: 1925, Yadkin, NC), Collie J. Proctor (B: 1930, Yadkin, NC)

Bessie Hazel Procter Campbell Mullis ????

Married (30 Oct 1945): Parks Washington Bridges, Veteran: PFC, US Army, WWII, Livelihood: Screw Factory, Statesville, NC, (Born: 09 Oct 1925, NC - Died: 05 Apr 1983, died in an automobile accident, NC; Interment: Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, Union Grove, Iredell, NC) S/o John L. Bridges & Della C. Mullis

Note: Parks Washington's mother was Della C. Mullis, the daughter of John Welborn Mullis, son of Richard M. Mullis, brother of George Washington Mullis.

Children: Dennis, Ken, Regina, Timothy Dane (Born: 28 Aug 1954, Union Grove, Iredell, NC - Died: 24 Nov 1995, Union Grove, Iredell, NC; Burial: Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, Union Grove, Iredell, NC)

Personal Note: Lifelong friend of my mother and family from Union Grove, NC - Bridges Family is buried in a plot in front of my father's grave, Lynn Ellis (The Ellis Family Plot) at Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, Union Grove, NC. I am related to Dorothy Bridges on her husband's side, through his mother, Della C. Mullis, daughter of John Welborn Mullis, nephew, George Washington Mullis, my great - great grandfather

Obituary: Statesville Record and Landmark, page A4, 1997, September 25

Interment: Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, Union Grove Road, Hamptonville NC 27020