PUXICO, Mo. - Bessie Evelyn Bridges, 90, died May 29, 2017, at the Oakdale Care Center in Poplar Bluff.
Born Feb. 22, 1927, in Bloomfield, the daughter of the late Benjamin Franklin and Clara Chasteen Hill, she had lived in Southeast Missouri all of her life and in Puxico for many years. She was a member of the Corinth General Baptist Church near Puxico.
On Sept. 21, 1945, she married Vernon Edward Bridges, who preceded her in death on March 3, 1987.
Surviving are: one daughter and son-in-law, Donna and Harold Bailey of St. Charles; three sons and two daughters-in-law, Mike Bridges of Poplar Bluff, Kent and Nancy Bridges of Puxico and Bruce and Sheila Bridges of Evansville, Ind.; seven grandchildren; and eight great- grandchildren.
She was preceded in death one brother, Bill Hill, and one sister, Josephine Lee.
Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until time of services at 1 p.m. Friday at the Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Puxico. The Rev. Jimmy Clark of Puxico will officiate.
Interment will follow at the Rock Hill Cemetery near Puxico.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.watkinsfuneralhome.com