Clyde Bridges

James Clyde Bridges, 90, of Jackson passed away Monday, Sept. 28, 2015, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau, where he had been a resident since June 2014.

He was born Aug. 29, 1925, in Scopus, Missouri, son of Columbus Palmer and Lillie Mae Drum Bridges. He and Maxine Welker were married April 12, 1946, in Patton, Missouri. She passed away Dec. 27, 2009.

Clyde was a 1943 graduate of Woodland High School in Marble Hill, Missouri, and then served during World War II in the U.S. Navy from Nov. 30, 1943, until Jan. 15, 1946.

After his honorable discharge, he worked for the Missouri State Highway Department, retiring as a district supervisor after 42 years.

He was a member of First Baptist Church in Jackson, where he was a deacon and active in staging the Easter cantata. He was a member of the Altenthal-Joerns American Legion Post No. 158 in Jackson. Clyde enjoyed repairing furniture and woodworking, such as building a replica of Old Bethel Baptist Church.

Loving survivors include a son, Stanley (Joyce) Bridges of Jackson; a granddaughter, Patti Lynn Bridges of Maplewood, Missouri; and two sisters, Mildred Hopkins of Ferguson, Missouri, and Imogene (Paul) Craig of Tipton, Indiana.

In addition to his loving wife, he was preceded in death by two sisters, Glenda Stevens and Wilma Ferrel.

Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. today at the chapel of McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.

The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Lucas Clabaugh officiating. Interment will be in Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson, with graveside military honors.

Memorials may take the form of contributions to the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau.

Online condolences may be sent to the family by visiting mccombsfuneralhome.com.

McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson is in charge of arrangements.