Margaret "Inez" Carter Bridges
SHELBY — Mrs. Margaret “Inez” Carter Bridges, 98, of
1029 Mitchell St., died Wednesday, March 16, 2005, at Hospice at
Wendover.
Born Aug. 16, 1906, in Cleveland County, she was a daughter of the late
Joseph F. Carter and Minnie Richards Carter. She was a member of
Lafayette Street United Methodist Church, the Wesley Fellowship Sunday
School Class, the afternoon circle and the 39ers Club, all at the
church. She retired from Lily Mill after 55 years.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband,
Dewey Hubbard Bridges; three brothers; three sisters; a grandchild; and
two great-grandchildren.
She is survived by two daughters, Nellie Jones and Treva Wright and
husband, Harold, all of Shelby; two sons, Bill Hubbard Bridges and wife,
Ramona, and Joseph P. Bridges and wife, Jeanette, all of Shelby; two
sisters, Sallie L. Davis of Kings Mountain and Maryland Dover and
husband, Gene “Buck,” of Shelby; 16 grandchildren; 37
great-grandchildren; and 26 great-great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at Lafayette Street United
Methodist Church, with the Rev. A. Owen Peeler officiating. Burial will
follow in Cleveland Memorial Park.
The family will receive friends Saturday at the church an hour before
the service.
Memorials may be made to Lafayette Street United Methodist Church, 1420
S. Layafette St., Shelby, NC 28152.
