Ninth Generation

18145. James Millard Bridges was born on 18 July 1911 in Buncombe Co., NC. He died and was buried at on 26 January 1993 at the age of 81 in Asheville, Buncombe Co., NC and was buried at Leicester Twp., Buncombe Co., NC.^44982,44983

James Millard Bridges, 81, of Route 1,Old Newfound Road, died Jan 26, in a local hospital.

A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County,he was [the son of] the late Charlie Mitchell and Cora Coffey Bridges. He owned a dairy farm and was employed by American Enka Corp. for several years. He was a member of Bell United Methodist Church.

He is survived by his wife Edith Gillespie Bridges; one daughter Vera Gossett of Leicester, one brother Clarence Hillard Bridges of Asheville, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Service will in the Chapel of [at] Groce Funeral Home with the Rev. Neil Hayes officiating. Burial will be in Bell Church Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. 

James Millard Bridges and Edith C. Gillespie were married. Edith C. Gillespie, daughter of Ed Gillespie and Nora King, was born on 30 March 1918 in North Carolina. Edith died in North Carolina on 24 January 2001 and was buried at Bell United Methodist Church Cemetery in Leicester Twp., Buncombe Co., NC in January 2001 .⁴⁴⁹⁸⁴

Edith Gillespie McElreath Bridges, 82, of 214 Old Newfound Road, Leicester, died Wednesday, 
January 24, 2001 at her residence.

A native of Buncombe County, she was a daughter of the late Edward and Nora King Gillespie. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 45 years, Earl C. McElreath who died in 1978. She remarried to the late James Millard Bridges who died in 1993. She retired in 1981 as Cafeteria manager at Leicester Elementary School . She was a Loving wife, mother, and 
grandmother; a lifelong member of Bell United Methodist Church and a member of the Wesley Sunday School Class.

Her survivors include a daughter, Brenda Ponder; son, Earl C. McElreath Jr., and wife Joan all of 
Leicester; sister, Stella Reynolds of Hendersonville; brother, Howard Gillespie and wife Margie of Leicester; grandchildren, Everette Ponder Jr., Sonia Ponder Worley and husband Tim , Tim McElreath, Roger McElreath and wife Toni, Melinda Rogers and husband Bill all of Leicester several nieces and nephews, and a special friend, Kim Corbett. 

Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday in the Patton Avenue Chapel of Groce Funeral Home. 

Reverend Fred Carpenter will officiate with burial following in Bell United Methodist Church Cemetery. 

Pallbearers will be grandsons and Tim Worley, William Rogers and Edward Gillespie. 

Her family will receive friends 6:30 - 8:30 Friday at the funeral home. At other times the family will be at the home. 

Memorials may be made to Bell Methodist Church Cemetery Fund, PO Box 36 Leicester, NC 28748.

James Millard Bridges and Nora A. Gillespie were married. Nora A. Gillespie, daughter of Owen Gillespie and Dora Mears, was born on 19 November 1915 in Buncombe Co., NC. Nora died in Asheville, Buncombe Co., NC on 1 February 1966. Bell United Methodist Church Cemetery in Leicester, Buncombe Co., NC in February 1966 .