Daws Bridges, age 88, a resident of Harriman, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Thursday, Aug. 8, at the Methodist Medical Center in Oak Ridge.
Mr. Bridges was born April 11, 1925, in LaFollette. In 1934, he moved to this area before serving in the Civilian Conservation Corps and the U.S. Navy. He began employment with Union Carbide at K-25 in the maintenance department and then with the University of Tennessee Experiment Station working with animals, plants, and waterways. He also worked as a heavy equipment operator in Clinton. Before his retirement, he owned and operated Bridges’ Town and Country Nursery in Oak Ridge from 1972 until 1996.
Daws was a faithful Christian, and he attended the Beechfork Holiness Church in Wartburg.
Mr. Bridges was preceded in death by his parents, Andy Bridges and Nila Humphrey Bridges; by brothers, Trent Bridges, Ernest Bridges, Walker Bridges, Mack Bridges, and Garrison Bridges; by sisters, Eunice Wells and Onie Hicks; by a son-in-law, Kenneth Campbell; by a daughter-in-law, Lois Bridges; by a granddaughter, Renna Elmore; and by a great-granddaughter, Elyshia Hope Bridges.
Daws is survived by his wife of 70 years, Dora Duncan Bridges; by children, Jerry Bridges of Harriman, David Bridges and wife Diane of Harriman, Paul Bridges of Harriman, Novetia Rambo of Clinton, Wilma Campbell of Clinton, and Silas Bridges and wife Maryam of Knoxville; and by sisters, Dorothy Godett and husband Bob of Clinton, Wanda Hinkle of Clinton, and Betty Ruth Knighton and husband Elwood of Virginia.
Mr. Bridges is also survived by 15 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren, and 3 great-great-grandchildren, and by several nieces, nephews, extended family members, and special friends.
The family will receive friends between 6 and 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10, at Sharp Funeral Home. The funeral will follow at 8 p.m. in the funeral home chapel with Pastor Herman Woods officiating.
Burial and graveside services will be held Sunday, Aug. 11, at 2 p.m. at Mt. Pisgah Cemetery.
The family expresses their gratitude to his son Jerry Bridges for all the special care provided to his dad during his declining years. Sharp Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. An online guest book is available at www.sharpfh.com.
Silas says
I love and miss you, Daddy.
20 According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.
21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
22 But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not.
23 For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
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