The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-03
mrs. N. {. BR|DG[Rs is DEAD
End Came Yesterday Morning in
Stamford, n. I.
Deceased Was SeSenty-Ffve Years OF
Age and Was Widow of the Late
Col. R. R. Bridgers-Remains Tenn
porarily Placed I'm a Vault AT stam-
ford-Mrs. Bridgers is Survived by
Three Children and Several Grand
Children.

After an illness of several weeks al
Stamford, New York, where she mad
gone for the benefit OF her health, Ars.
NJ E Bridgers OF this city passed
away there yesterday morning, the
sad news Of her death having beeen re-
ceived later in the day by fr!ends IN
Wilmington.
Mrs. Rridgers, accompanied by Mr..
George Rridgers and Miss Emily Bird
gers went TO Stamford in the latter
part of June and for a few days the
change seemed TO be OF benefit TO ner.
Later, however, she became seriously
i'll and for several weeks she has
been declining rapidly, her condition
for the past few days having been re-
garded as critical. Although her death
was not unexpected yet it brings very
sincere grief to large number or de-
voted friends in Wilmington.
With Mrs Bridgers at the time OF her
death were Mr. George Bridgers and
Misses Emily and Mary Bridgerss all
children of the deceased, the latter
having gone to Stamford about month
agc on account of her mothers condi-
tion; Rev r. ". Fogue, rector OF st.
James church this city, close friend
Of the family and Mrs. Hogue; Miss
Whitaker and Miss Lucy BTidges's and
Burke H Bridgers, Esq, grand CHI
d-en of the deceased
Funeral services over the remains
will be conducted this afternoon in
Stamford by r w. HOgue and and the
body will be placed in a HaHlt there
until some time later in the year,
when the remains will be brought on
to Wilmington for fn1erment. The
reason for this is the fact that both
Miss Emily and Mr.. George Brldgers
are quite i'll at Stamford and neither
er is able to stand the long journey
from that place to Wilmington.
] Mrs Bridgers was the relict of the
| late Colonel Robert r. Bridgers, who
| passed away in December 1888. and
who up to the time of his death was
| president of the Wilmington and Wei
| don railroad company, having been
| elected to that position In 165. Before
| her marriage she was Miss Margaret
| Johnston of TarbOrO and she wzS the
| last surviving member OF q large fam
| lily.
| Several children were born to Col
and Mrs. Bridgers and of these there
are only three now living, these being
Misses Emily and Mary Bridgers ant
Mr.. George Bridgers- There are /
number of grandchildren of the de-
ceased, four of these who are chill
dren of the late Mr.. Robert Bridgers
residing in Durham and the Others liVa
in Wilmington, these being the chill
dren of the late Mr.. Preston L. Bird
gers, as follows: Burke H Bridgers
Esq, and Mr.. Robert Bridgers ant
Misses Lucy, Margaret, Bessie, Ruth
and Ernestine Bridgers.
Mrs. Bridgers' life had been one @
| sweet kindness and generosity TO 9th
ers. She was endowed with wonder
fully sympathetic nature and she al
| ways dispensed charity unpretentiOus-
1y in a lavish and helpful manner. The
! deceased was unOstentatiOus in hel
| bearing and simple in the ways Of hel
living. For many years she had beer
! a consistant member of ST. James Epis
/ copal church of this city
/ In the grief that has come to then
] their large number of friends viii
! extend to the bereaved members OF
! the family most sincers condolences