OBITUARY - Bridges

Alan Thomas Bridges of Blountstown passed away Sunday, August 28, 2011 at the age of 61.
Alan was born in Tallahassee, Florida, and was retired from Florida Department of Corrections and was employed with Gadsden Corrections. He was a member of Blountstown Community Church where he served as a deacon. He was a diehard Alabama fan.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Carrie Ann Barfield Bridges; his father, Jack Bridges; and his brother, James Reed Bridges.
Survivors include his wife, Sarah Kathryn Bridges, of Blountstown; his son, Anderson Reed Bridges, and his wife, Rachel, of Blountstown; step-sons, James Gregory Brooks and his wife, Jessica, of Panama City, Thomas Allen Brooks and his wife, Cynthia, of Altha, and Christopher G. Phillips and his wife, Rebecca, of Sycamore; a daughter Michelle Brown, and her husband, Stacy, of Bristol; his mother, Norma Bridges, of Blountstown; his stepmother, Ruby M. Bridges, of Blountstown; two sisters, Grace Barfield and her husband, Bobby, of Palatka, Florida, and Mary Sue Neves and her husband, Richard, of Blountstown; stepsisters, Patricia Hires and her husband, Billy, of Blountstown and Ann Kincaid and her husband, Kenny, of Hosford; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and a host of aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m., Thursday, September 1, at Blountstown Community Church with Reverend Larry Rogers officiating. Interment will follow in Pine Memorial Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m., Wednesday, August 31, at Adams Funeral Home.
Adams Funeral Home in Blountstown is in charge of the arrangements (ph. 674-5449). Online condolences may be made at adamsfh.com