Glenn James Bridges

Glenn J. Bridges, 90, died Monday, November 9, 2009, at Pisgah Manor Health Care Center. Mr. Bridges was born in Jackson County and was a son of the late James Wiley and Mary Davis Bridges. He was married to Fair Parker Bridges, who died in 1999, and was also preceded in death by a sister, Bessie Powell, and three brothers, Elmer, Horace, and J.W. Bridges. Mr. Bridges was a Navy veteran of WW II and had lived in Buncombe County since 1948. He retired after 35 years with American Enka and he was a member of Ridgeway Baptist Church. He is survived by a daughter, Elizabeth Ann McCormack of Fredricksburg, VA; two sons, Bruce R. Dills of Asheville and G. Ray Bridges of Saluda; and two grandchildren, Vicki Dills of Boston, MA and Sharon Dills of Fletcher. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday in the Patton Avenue chapel of Groce Funeral Home with the Rev. Jack W. Collins officiating. Interment will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service.