Jerry Bernard and Glenda Bridges Lawrence -- Mechanic and Community Services Employee

 

Jerry and Glenda Bridges Lawrence

Jerry Bernard Lawrence was born on December 22, 1936 in the Warrenton community of Trigg County, Kentucky.  He was the oldest of four children of Dennis Bernard Lawrence and Rebecca Ann Mitchell Lawrence.  Dennis Bernard was a concrete-finisher, mail carrier and farmer and Rebecca was a nurse.  Both were natives of Trigg County.  Jerry was a descendant of Starkie Thomas and Jemima Bridges Sholar.

Jerry’s siblings were Sarah Jane Lawrence, born in 1940 and married Bly Golladay, Jr.; William Dennis Lawrence, born in 1947 and married Barbara Jean Bullock Stephenson; and Larry David Lawrence, born in 1950 and married Betty Ann Bridges Braboy. 

Jerry attended his elementary school years at Cadiz Graded School and went on to attend Trigg County High School where he graduated in 1956.  While attending Trigg County High, Jerry brought a snake to school as a joke.  The snake caused so much excitement in the school that the principal delayed Jerry’s graduation for a year.

On July 4, 1958, Jerry married Glenda Faye Bridges at the Oak Grove Baptist Church.  Glenda was born on August 3, 1941 on Beechy Fork Creek in the Maple Grove community of Trigg County, the youngest of three children of Mount Vernon Bridges and Nora Ambie Bridges Bridges.  Mount Vernon was a farmer and both he and Ambie were natives of Trigg County.  Glenda was a descendant of Drewry Bridges and Starkie Bridges.

Glenda’s siblings were Cecil Vernon “Bill” Bridges, born in 1925 and married Dorothy Nell Guier and Sadie Mae Bridges, born in 1929 and married Howard Blane Wyatt.  Glenda had four half-siblings from her father’s first marriage to Dannie Agnes Noel.  They were Lonnie Murl Bridges, born in 1915 and married Dorothy Mae Curling; Myrtle Rhea Bridges, born in 1918 and married Elmo Ryner Hendricks; Bloomdale Bridges; and Lacy Wade “Dink” Bridges, born in 1921 and married Martha Ann Bryant. 

Glenda first attended school at the one-room Maple Grove School.  When Glenda was nine, her father died, so she and her mother moved to Cadiz where she finished her education at the Cadiz schools.

Jerry worked as a self-employed truck driver and as a mechanic during his entire life.  He operated his own mechanic shop which was located on US Highway 68 west of Cadiz across from the home of his father, Dennis Lawrence.  Glenda worked for the Pennyrile Allied Community Services in their Cadiz office.

Jerry and Glenda were the parents of three children, Jerry Wayne Lawrence, born in 1959 and married Lisa Starlette Redd and later married Melynda M. Harrington; Kimberly Faye Lawrence, born in 1963 and married Tony Farrell Mitchell; and Melissa Dawn Lawrence, born in 1970 and married Ira Lucian Burgess.

Jerry died on May 15, 1993 at the age of 56 at the Trigg County Hospital in Cadiz.  He was buried in the Lawrence Cemetery in Trigg County.  Glenda died on September 12, 2012 at the age of 71 at her home in Trigg County.  She was buried in the Lawrence Cemetery next to her husband.

Glenda Bridges Lawrence

 

Jerry and Glenda tombstone

LINEAGE:  (Jerry Bernard Lawrence was the son of Dennis Bernard and Rebecca Ann Mitchell Lawrence.  Dennis was the fourth child of James Robert and Lucy Rebecca Mize Lawrence.  James Robert was the first child of William Allen and Margaret Jane Thomas Lawrence.  Margaret was the fourth 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.  William Allen Lawrence was the first child of James Henry and Elizabeth Sholar Lawrence.  Elizabeth was the fifth child of Allen and Jemima Bridges Sholar.  Jemima was the first child of Drury and Charity Cohoon Bridges.)

(Glenda Faye Bridges was the daughter of Mount Vernon and Nora Ambie Bridges Bridges.  Mount was the fourth child of William Henry and Sarah Elizabeth “Sadie” Lancaster Bridges.  William Henry 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.)