John Thomas Bridges
Mary Sumner Bridges
John Thomas Bridges was born on July 23, 1915, in the Mount Pleasant community of Trigg County, Kentucky. He was the sixth of eight children born to Drew Manley Bridges and Lena Mae Guier Bridges. Both Drew Manley and Lena Mae were natives of Trigg County, Kentucky and Drew worked as a farmer. Drew was a son of Starkie Bridges and a grandson of William Bridges. John’s siblings were Lola Jo Bridges, born in 1901 and married Andrew Abner Gray; Robbie Bell Bridges, born in 1904 and married George Clyde Cunningham; Sidney Gordon Bridges, born in 1906 and married Jane Ernestine Bridges; Sarah Elizabeth Bridges, born in 1907 and married Henry Cullen Thomas; Clifton Earl Bridges, born in 1910 and married Inez Lorene Lancaster; Clovis Manley Bridges, born in 1918 and married Ruby Helen Huddleston; and Mosco Doris Bridges, born in 1919 and married Myra Dean Sumner.
John grew up on a farm that his parents owned in the Maple Grove community. He would later in the 1940s buy his own farm on the Old Dover Road about four miles south of Cadiz. There he would build a home for him and his family to reside. In addition to farming, John also worked as a carpenter, working on many construction projects throughout Trigg County.
On December 24, 1937, John married Mary Henrietta Sumner. Mary was born on May 3, 1919 in Trigg County. She was the seventh of eleven children of John Calvin Sumner and Lucy Ethel Lawrence Sumner. Both John Calvin and Lucy were natives of Trigg County. John Calvin was a farmer and was a descendant of Drewry Bridges. Lucy was a homemaker and was a descendant of Starkie Thomas. Mary’s siblings were: William Odell Sumner, born in 1907 and married Julia Ruby Cameron; Lacy Calvin Sumner, born in 1909 and married Lorena Farmer and later married Mary Bryant; James Woodson Sumner, born in 1911 and married Myra Lorraine Thomas; an unnamed infant, who died in infancy; Martha Alberta Sumner, born in 1915 and married George Lewis Gothard; George Robert Sumner, born in 1917 and married Dorothy Mae White; John Lawrence Sumner, born in 1921 and married Belva Marie Compton; Myra Dean Sumner, born in 1924 and married Mosco Doris Bridges; Sarah Frances Sumner, born in 1926 and married Forrest Lanston Matthews and a second marriage to John Franklin Phillips and a third marriage to Clarence Noble P’Pool and Perry Cullen Sumner, born in 1927 and married Lorena Farmer.
John and Mary were instrumental in forming the Thomas-Bridges Association as both were charter members of the organization. Both served on the Board of Directors and on many committees. John served as President of the organization from August 1, 1980 to August 1, 1982. Mary was also a member of the James Thomas Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
John and Mary were the parents of seven children, Ethel Mae Bridges, born in 1940 and married Boyd Alton Simmons; Dorothy Nell Bridges, born in 1941 and married Elbert Franklin Moore; Mary Jean Bridges, born in 1943 and married Larry Jacob Marthaler; John Drew “J. D.” Bridges, born in 1944 and married Rachel Juanita Gallegas and then married Vicki Elaine Wilson Dockery; Beverly Kay Bridges, born in 1948 and married Charles Ray Powell; Jerry Sumner Bridges, born in 1950 and married Betty Sue Lawson and then married Virginia Lee Plawecki; and Thomas Randall Bridges, born in 1957 and married Cynthia M. Duncan and then married Judy Fay Sumner.
John died on November 27, 1998 at the Jennie Stuart Medical Center in Hopkinsville, Kentucky at the age of 83. He was buried in the East End Cemetery in Cadiz. Mary died on June 22, 2016 at the Trigg County Hospital in Cadiz at the age of 97. She was buried in the East End Cemetery next to her husband.
John and Mary tombstone
LINEAGE: (John Thomas Bridges was the son of Drew Manley and Lena Mae Guier Bridges and the grandson of Starkie T. and Elizabeth W. Lawrence Bridges. Starkie was the second child of William and Mary Thomas Bridges. William was the fourth child of Drury and Charity Cohoon Bridges.)
(Mary Henrietta Sumner was the daughter of John Calvin and Lucy Ethel Lawrence Sumner and the granddaughter of Benjamin Miles and Henrietta Gabrella Bridges Sumner and James H., II and Lucy Thomas Lawrence. Henrietta was the first child of Drewry and Peachie Ann Tart Bridges. Drewry was the fourth child of William and Mary Thomas Bridges. William was the fourth child of Drury and Charity Cohoon Bridges. Lucy was the eighth child of Stanley and Emily Ann Light Thomas. Stanley was the second child of Starkie and Mary Bridges Thomas. Starkie was the fourth child of James and Mary Standley Thomas.)
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