Glenda Bridges Littlejohn -- Factory Employee

 

 Glenda Bridges Littlejohn

Celia Glenda Bridges was born on December 24, 1938 in Trigg County, Kentucky.  She was the only child of Edgar Lee Bridges and Mildred Marie Calhoun Bridges.  Edgar was a defense plant worker, construction worker and a farmer and Marie worked as a clerk at a state park.  Both were natives of Trigg County.  Glenda was a descendant of Simco N. Bridges.

In 1940 when Glenda was a child, her family moved from Trigg County to Dearborn, Michigan.  She attended her elementary school years in Michigan and later her family moved back to Trigg County where she completed her formal education and obtained her diploma in 1968.

On April 19, 1956 Glenda married Charles Benjamin Littlejohn.  Charles was the son of Harvey H. Littlejohn and Emma May Lane Littlejohn.   Harvey was a state employee and was a native of the Golden Pond community of Trigg County.  Emma was a homemaker and was also a native of Golden Pond,  Charles was a veteran of the U.S. Army and had served during the Korean Conflict.  

After their marriage, Glenda and Charles moved to Hammond, Indiana where they lived until they returned to Trigg County where they settled in their home on the Tanyard Road.  Glenda worked for several years at the International Shoe Company in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and at the Johnson Controls plant in Cadiz and at the Lake Barkley State Resort Park in Trigg County.  Charles worked at the Paradise Steam Plant in nearby Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  After his retirement from the steam plant, he also worked at the Lake Barkley State Resort Park.

Glenda and Charles are the parents of one child, a daughter, Shelia Lane Littlejohn, born on August 27, 1957.  Her first marriage was to Randall Arvil Jones and her second marriage was to Allen Ward Thomas.

Charles died on July 4, 2012 at the age of 79 at his home in Cadiz.  He was buried the East End Cemetery in Cadiz.  Glenda died on January 9, 2018 at the age of 79 at the Tri-Star Centennial Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee.  She was buried in the East End Cemetery next to her husband.

 Charles Littlejohn

LINEAGE:  (Celia Glenda Bridges was the daughter of Edgar Lee and Mildred Marie Calhoun Bridges.  Edgar was the first child of John Madison “Matt” and Huewell Tandy Lawrence Bridges.  John was the second child of Alfred Franklin and Lou Ella Turner Bridges.  Alfred was the fourth child of Simco N. and Emeline Martin Bridges.  Simco was the third child of William and Mary Thomas Bridges.  William was the fourth child of Drury and Charity Cohoon Bridges.)

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