Preston Beauford Bridges -- Garage Shop Foreman

 

Preston and Monico Bridges

Preston Beauford Bridges was born on October 5, 1909 in Trigg County, Kentucky. He was the oldest of three children born to William Stanley “Willie” Bridges  and Bessie Earl Ricks Bridges.  Willie was a farmer and both he and Bessie were natives of Trigg County.  Preston was a descendant of Drewry Bridges.

Preston’s siblings were Eston Mitchell Bridges, born in 1913 and married Mavis Pauline Skinner and Ernest Lee Bridges, born in 1915 and married Virginia Irene Terrell.

Preston grew up in rural Trigg County and attended the local schools.  His highest level of education was the completion of elementary school which was the norm for youth of his time. As a young man he worked as a farm helper along with his father who was a farmer. He worked on the farm through most of the 1920s.

On March 8, 1931, he married Monico Dell Guier.  Monico was born on July 9, 1912 in Trigg County.  She was the daughter of John Gilbert “Gip” Guier and Docia Baker Guier.  Gip was a farmer and both he and Docia were natives of Trigg County.

In the 1940s, Preston began working as a shop foreman at the Henry C. White Chevrolet Company in Cadiz and the family settled in Cadiz. He worked at the company for 44 years at the time of his retirement.  In addition, he and his wife Monico operated a day care center for young children for a number of years.

Preston and Monico were the parents of three children, Preston Blandford Bridges, born in 1931 and married Peggy Jo Murphy; Dolores Dean Bridges, born in 1934 and married John William Calhoun; and Patsy Jane Bridges, born in 1961 and married Herbie D. Connors and later married William Belmont Gregory.

Preston died on November 5, 1986 at the age of 77 at the Nashville Memorial Hospital in Madison, Tennessee.  He was buried in the East End Cemetery in Cadiz.  Monico died on January 5, 1999 at the age of 86 at the Jennie Stuart Medical Center in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.  She was buried in the East End Cemetery next to her husband.

Preston and Monico tombstone

LINEAGE: (Preston Beauford Bridges was the son of William Stanley “Willie” and Bessie Earl Ricks Bridges. Willie was the third child of William Henry and Sarah Elizabeth Lancaster Bridges. William was the fourth 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.)