Carl Trice "Bunny" Bridges
Carl Trice Bridges was born on February 1, 1934 in Trigg County, Kentucky. He was the oldest of two children of John Carl Bridges and Julia Bell Thomas Bridges. John Carl was a farmer and mechanic who worked for the Trigg County Board of Education. Both John Carl and Julia Bell were natives of Trigg County. Carl Trice or Bunny as he was known was a descendant of Cullen Bridges, Cullen Thomas and Starkie Thomas.
Bunny’s sibling was his sister, Rose Claire Bridges, born in 1932 and married Bruce Stanley Maxwell, Jr. and later married Samuel Dell Freeman, Jr.
Bunny attended the Oak Grove rural elementary school in his early years. He then went on to attend the Cadiz Elementary School and graduated from Trigg County High School. In the fall of 1955, the U.S. government began drafting personnel for the U.S. Navy for the first time since World War II. Bunny was drafted into the Navy on November 21, 1959 in and was assigned to the boot camp at the Naval Station Great Lakes in Illinois. He was then assigned to the U.S. Naval Auxiliary Air Station at Brown Field in Chula Vista, California. Bunny was a true land loving sailor as he had shore duty for his entire enlistment He was honorably discharged from the Navy on November 21, 1961.
On June 21, 1958, Bunny married Shelvia Jean Curling at the Oak Grove Baptist Church with Rev. J. Norman Ellis officiating. Shelvia was born on April 10, 1938 in Trigg County, Kentucky, the daughter of Paul Curling and Annie Lurlene Lyons Curling. Paul was the owner and operator of a trucking company and both he and Annie were natives of Trigg County. Shelvia attended elementary school at Canton and graduated from Trigg County High School.
After leaving the Navy, Bunny was employed by the J. Steven Watkins Engineering Company where he worked on surveying the land that is now Lake Barkley. He then worked as an insurance agent with Commonwealth Life Insurance Company. In April 1966 he accepted a position with Christian Quarries where he worked as a manager. He later worked for the Rogers Group, Inc. in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, where he was employed until he retired. Shelvia worked as bookkeeper for Woodruff Lumber Company, the Elk Brand Manufacturing Company, the Ky-Tenn Livestock Market and as bookkeeper and deputy clerk at the Trigg County Circuit Clerk’s office.
Bunny and Shelvia were the parents of two sons, Richard Kyle Bridges, born in 1962 and married Wanda Sue Skinner and later married Tammy Sue Wynn and David Paul Bridges, born in 1965 and married Leslie Dawn Stroud.
Bunny and Shelvia’s marriage ended in divorce. Shelvia died on December 6, 2009 at the age of 71 at the Jennie Stuart Medical Center in Hopkinsville. She was buried in the Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery in Trigg County.
Bunny died on September 3, 2014 at the age of 80 at the Trigg County Hospital in Cadiz. He was buried in the Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery.
Shelvia
LINEAGE: (Carl Trice Bridges was the son of John Carl and Julia Bell Thomas Bridges. John Carl was the fifth child of John Trice and Maggie Dora Cunningham Bridges. John Trice was the sixth child of Cullen T. and Martha Ann Virginia Thomas Bridges. Cullen T. was the twelfth child of William and Mary Thomas Bridges. William was the fourth child of Drury and Charity Cohoon Bridges. Julia Bell was the first child of Smith and Ida Mae Meador Thomas. Smith was the third child of Jonathan Starkie and Julia Dyer Thomas. Jonathan was the third child of William Bridges and Nancy Jane Rogers Thomas. Wiliam was the first child of Starkie and Mary Bridges Thomas. Starkie was the fourth child of James and Mary Standley Thomas. Martha Ann was the third child of Peyton and Sarah Ethridge Thomas. Peyton was the third child of Cullen and Elizabeth Futrell Thomas. Cullen was the first child of James and Mary Standley Thomas.)
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