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Wilma Bridges Obituary
Wilma was born May 16, 1932, in Granite City, a daughter of the late Raphael Gray "Jack" Dodd and Myrtha Clyde (Brasher) Dodd.
Wilma was a member of Elco Baptist Church; member of WMU Church training group; a member of the Sunday school class; and a Cub Scout leader. She was a retired truck driver with Sam Tankley Ohio Pacific Trucking Co., and was a former telephone receptionist for Jones Funeral Homes at Tamms and Villa Ridge.
Wilma was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Leonard Bridges, and two grandsons, Shawn Bridges and Michael Jason Bridges.
Survivors include two sons, Eddie Bridges and family of Fredericktown, Mo.; and Jackie Bridges and family of Tamms; a sister, Imogene Dodson and family of Indianapolis.
Services for Wilma M. Bridges will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 21, in Jones Funeral Home in Tamms with the Rev. Buddy Walls officiating. Interment will be in St. John's Cemetery rural Dongola. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Jones Funeral Home in Tamms.
Jones Funeral Home in Tamms is in charge of the arrangements.
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