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Claud Oliver “Red” Bridges

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Claud Oliver “Red” Bridges

Birth
Howland, Lamar County, Texas, USA
Death
31 Oct 1967 (aged 72)
Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas, USA
Burial
Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Plot
Block 104
Memorial ID
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Bridges Funeral Scheduled Today

Funeral for C. O. (Red) Bridges was to be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Cate-Spencer Funeral Horne Chapel with Preston Cotham, minister of Fourth and Elm St. Church of Christ, officiating. Burial was to be in Sweetwater Cemetery.

Mr. Bridges, 72, a longtime Sweetwater resident, died at 4:15 p.m. Tuesday in Simmons Memorial Hospital following a brief illness.

A retired U.S. Gypsum shift foreman, he had lived here since 1925. He married the late Lillian Mae Jones on Oct. 4, 1919, in Delta County. He was a veteran of World War I.

Survivors include two sons, Bruce of Lubbock and Wayne of Dallas; seven grandchildren, one great-grandchild; and one half-brother, John Hart of Grand Prairie.

From The Abilene (TX) Reporter, Thursday, Nov. 2, 1967
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Nolan County Death Certificate

Name: Claud Oliver Bridges
Sex: Male
Age: 72
Death Date: 31 Oct 1967
Death Place: Simmons Memorial Hospital, Sweetwater, Nolan, Texas, United States
Cause of Death: Coronary Sclerotic Heart Disease with cardiac failure, precipitated by Paroxysmal auricular tachycardia
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Name: M W Bridges
Mother's Name: Josephine Martin
Birth Date: 18 Aug 1895
Birthplace: Howland, Texas
Occupation: Retired U.S. Gypsum Co. employee
Residence: Route 1, Sweetwater, Nolan, Texas
Burial/Removal: Sweetwater
Date: 02 Nov 1967
Informant: Bruce Bridges
Record Number: 67750
GS Film Number: 2138742
Digital Folder Number: 005145102
Image Number: 02692

Citing this Record
"Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3SN-PBZ : 20 February 2021), Claud Oliver Bridges, 31 Oct 1967; citing certificate number 67750, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,138,742.
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Bridges Funeral Scheduled Today

Funeral for C. O. (Red) Bridges was to be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Cate-Spencer Funeral Horne Chapel with Preston Cotham, minister of Fourth and Elm St. Church of Christ, officiating. Burial was to be in Sweetwater Cemetery.

Mr. Bridges, 72, a longtime Sweetwater resident, died at 4:15 p.m. Tuesday in Simmons Memorial Hospital following a brief illness.

A retired U.S. Gypsum shift foreman, he had lived here since 1925. He married the late Lillian Mae Jones on Oct. 4, 1919, in Delta County. He was a veteran of World War I.

Survivors include two sons, Bruce of Lubbock and Wayne of Dallas; seven grandchildren, one great-grandchild; and one half-brother, John Hart of Grand Prairie.

From The Abilene (TX) Reporter, Thursday, Nov. 2, 1967
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Nolan County Death Certificate

Name: Claud Oliver Bridges
Sex: Male
Age: 72
Death Date: 31 Oct 1967
Death Place: Simmons Memorial Hospital, Sweetwater, Nolan, Texas, United States
Cause of Death: Coronary Sclerotic Heart Disease with cardiac failure, precipitated by Paroxysmal auricular tachycardia
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Name: M W Bridges
Mother's Name: Josephine Martin
Birth Date: 18 Aug 1895
Birthplace: Howland, Texas
Occupation: Retired U.S. Gypsum Co. employee
Residence: Route 1, Sweetwater, Nolan, Texas
Burial/Removal: Sweetwater
Date: 02 Nov 1967
Informant: Bruce Bridges
Record Number: 67750
GS Film Number: 2138742
Digital Folder Number: 005145102
Image Number: 02692

Citing this Record
"Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3SN-PBZ : 20 February 2021), Claud Oliver Bridges, 31 Oct 1967; citing certificate number 67750, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,138,742.
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