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. [Read more…]