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Vivian Brownlee Bridges

March 21, 1935 — September 5, 2019

Vivian Brownlee Bridges, 84, of Damascus, GA 39841, passed away at the Miller County Hospital September 5, 2019.Her funeral will be held Sunday afternoon, September 8, 2019, at 4 p.m. in the Chapel of Manry Jordan Hodges Funeral Home with Rev. Robert Pullen officiating.Burial will follow at the Blakely Cemetery.Active pallbearers will be Trey Davis, Scott Warren, Quinn Dowdy, Jody Glass, Ted Waller and Brad Waller.Honorary pallbearers will be Jack Sanders, Keith Houston, Josh Warren and Garrett Vann.Visitation will be held Sunday afternoon starting at 3 p.m. until funeral time.

Mrs. Bridges was born in Blakely, GA on March 21, 1935, to the late Idus Brady Brownlee and Ellie Merle Williams Brownlee.She was a member of the Damascus Baptist Church where she was Sunday School Director for many years.She received a Bachelor's Degree from the University of Georgia.She was a retired High School English Teacher and a beloved substitute teacher at SGA.Vivian and her husband Charles were co-founding members of Southwest Georgia Academy and she was a charter member of the SGA grandparents club.

Her survivors include her husband of 65 years, Charles Washington Bridges, III; two daughters, Cindy B. Brown of Damascus, GA and Suzanne B. Dowdy and her husband Miller of Brandon, FL, a son, Charles W. (Chas) Bridges, IV and his wife Tonja of Damascus, GA; two sister, Ellen Glass and Sonya Brown (Alvin) all of Blakely, GA, and two brothers; Robert Brownlee of Blakely, GA and Emory Brownlee and his wife Bonnie Sue of Cumming, GA.She has six grandchildren; Megan Dowdy of Orlando, FL, Quinn Dowdy of Tallahassee, FL, Trey Davis and his wife Paige of Arlington, GA, Madison B. Warren (Josh) of Statesboro, GA and Logan Bridges and Sutton Bridges both of Damascus, GA.There are three great grandchildren, Tom, Cason and Addison, and a great granddaughter, Vivian Grace Warren, to be born in December of 2019.

In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to the SGA Grandparents Club, 14105 Highway 200, Damascus, GA39841.
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Sunday, September 8, 2019

3:00 - 4:00 pm (Eastern time)

Manry Jordan Hodges Funeral Home

21802 Lucile Road, Blakely, GA 39823

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Visitation

Sunday, September 8, 2019

Starts at 4:00 pm (Eastern time)

Manry Jordan Hodges Funeral Home

21802 Lucile Road, Blakely, GA 39823

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