Johnson Bridges Sr.
Posted: July 29, 2016
CRAWFORD — Johnson Bridges Sr., 90, died July 23, 2016, at Windsor Place. Services will be at 11 a.m., Saturday at Oakland MB Church with the Rev. Kenneth Bridges officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation is from 3-8 p.m., today, at Carter’s Funeral Services of Columbus. Mr. Bridges was born Feb. 26, 1926, to the late George Jr. and Bettie Bridges. He was a member of Oakland MB Church and of Crawford Lodge 398. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Lillie D. Bridges; sons, George Bridges III and Freddie B. Bridges; siblings, James Bridges, Junior Bridges and Freddie Bridges; and four grandchildren. He is survived by his children, Johnson Bridges Jr., Mary Dixon and Walter Bridges, both of Crawford, Danny Bridges and Betty Phillips, both of Columbus, Martha Howard of Holly Springs and Debbie Brown of Orlando, Florida; brother, Jessie Bridges of Markham, Illinois; 19 grandchildren; 38 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren.