Transcribed and Submitted by:
Lorie A. Everson  lorieeverson@bellsouth.net

Published:  Thomasville Times 21 Apr 2005

Sadie B. Bridges 

CORDELE - Sadie Best Bridges, 96, died at Crisp Regional Hospital 
Wednesday, April 20, 2005. 

She was born Friday, July 9, 1908 in Bishopville, S.C. and was the 
daughter of the late Henry Ben Best and Margaret Jane Skinner Best, 
and the widow of Howard Elliott Bridges, Sr. Mrs. Bridges was a 
homemaker and a member of Cordele First United Methodist Church. 

Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, April 22, 2005 
at Sunnyside Cemetery. 

She is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law, Sadie and Charles 
Glover and Patricia and Joel Haley, all of Cordele; a son and 
daughter-in-law, John Gordon and Sandra Bridges of Farmington, 
Missouri; 12 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and three great-
great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son, Howard 
Elliot "Sonny" Bridges, Jr. and siblings, Horace Best, Harry Best, 
Edward Best, Casey Ben Best, Ruth Page Davenport, Jennie Webb and 
Ruby Best. 

The family may be contacted at the home of Sadie and Charles Glover 
at 701 East 14th Avenue and they will receive friends at the funeral 
home Thursday, April 21, 2005 from 6 until 8 p.m. 

Arrangements by Rainey Family Funeral Services, Inc. Friends may 
register on-line at www.raineyfuneral.com.