
Boyd Pershing Bridges, Jr.

Person ID: I21591
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Name Boyd Pershing Bridges [1, 2] Suffix Jr. Born 11 Nov 1922 Trowbridge, Shelby, Illinois, USA [1, 2]
Gender Male Died 5 Apr 2015 Campbell, Coles, Illinois, USA [2]
Buried Cochrans Grove Cemetery, Windsor, Shelby, Illinois, USA [2]
Siblings 1. Dwight Verl Bridges (ID:I18220), b. 21 Nov 1923, Shelby, Illinois, USA , d. 26 Jan 2009, Neoga, Cumberland, Illinois, USA
(Age 85 years)
2. Ervil J. Bridges (ID:I22358) 3. Emma Jean Bridges (ID:I23617), b. 10 Dec 1926, Shelby, Illinois, USA , d. 20 May 2019, Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, USA
(Age 92 years)
4. Jeanne A. Bridges (ID:I22631) 5. Ann Bridges (ID:I35330) Parents
Father Boyd Bridges (ID:I22289), b. 9 Jun 1895, Illinois, USA , d. 15 Feb 1974 (Age 78 years)
Mother Leota E. Cox (ID:I20656), b. 30 Nov 1894, Illinois, USA , d. 18 Jul 1963 (Age 68 years)
Family
Wife Erna Engle (ID:I35331), b. 11 Oct 1925, Germany , d. 27 Sep 2017, Coles, Illinois, USA
(Age 91 years)
Married 13 Sep 1949 First Christian Church, Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, USA Other Personal Events
Residence 1930 Ash Grove, Shelby, Illinois, USA [1]
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Source Citations
- [S1240] 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Ash Grove, Shelby, Illinois; Roll: 561; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 1; Image: 540.0.
Name: Junior P Bridges
Birth Date: abt 1923
Birth Place:
Residence Date: 1930
Residence Place: Ash Grove, Shelby, Illinois
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&h=87733382&ti=0&indiv=tryAt least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. - [S1251] Find A Grave, Boyd Pershing Bridges.
CHARLESTON -- Boyd Pershing Bridges, 92, of Charleston, passed away Sunday, April 5, 2015 at his sons’ home, surrounded by family.
Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Thursday, April 9, 2015 at the Harper-Swickard Funeral Home. His memorial service will begin at 7:00 p.m. Memorials in his honor may be made to Paul McVey V.F.W. Post #1592.
Boyd was born November 11, 1922 at Trowbridge, Illinois, son of Boyd and Leota (Cox) Bridges. He married Erna Engel, September 3, 1949 at the First Christian Church, Mattoon. Surviving is his wife of more than 65 years, Erna; two sons: Larry Bridges and David (Melody) Bridges, both of Charleston; grandchildren: Derek (Kim) Bridges of Charleston, Brooks (Anita) Bridges of Sacramento, CA, J.R. Boyce and significant other Melissa Storm of Lerna, and Tricia Boyce of Charleston; great-grandchildren: Geniffer Bridges, Adrianna Bridges, Kira Bridges, Jaxon Boyce, and Jace Boyce; siblings: Emma Sanders of Mattoon, Jeanne Ferguson of Mattoon, James (Barbara) Bridges of Windsor, and Ann (George) Terry of Abingdon, IL. He was preceded in death by his parents, brother: Verl Bridges, and daughter-in-law: Terry Bridges.
Boyd was an U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He held memberships at St. John’s Lutheran Church of Mattoon and Paul McVey V.F.W. Post #1592. Boyd worked at Kressge’s for nine years and retired from Anamet, where he had worked in production control. He loved tinkering on anything, sometimes just to see how it worked. Boyd loved to read, but his two favorite topics were cars and military history.
Journal-Gazette (Mattoon, Illinois)
April 6, 2015
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/184004122/boyd-pershing-bridges
- [S1240] 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Ash Grove, Shelby, Illinois; Roll: 561; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 1; Image: 540.0.