Flora Lee Bridges

ATLANTA, GEORGIA, TO THE LATE CLYDE R. NEELY AND CALLIE

MAE NEELY. FROM A YOUNG AGE, FLORA GAVE HER LIFE TO GOD

AND FAITHFULLY WALKED IN HER PURPOSE, SHARING HER

MANY GIFTS—INCLUDING HER BEAUTIFUL VOICE IN SONG. SHE

HAD A NATURAL TALENT FOR CREATIVITY, WITH A DEEP

PASSION FOR MAKEUP AND INTERIOR DESIGN. FLORA HAD A

SPECIAL ABILITY TO TRANSFORM ANY SPACE INTO SOMETHING

ELEGANT AND UNFORGETTABLE.

FLORA WAS A DEVOTED WIFE AND A LOVING MOTHER. TO

KNOW HER WAS TO KNOW THAT HER CHILDREN WERE HER

WORLD. HER FACE WOULD LIGHT UP WITH THE BIGGEST, MOST

RADIANT SMILE WHENEVER SHE SPOKE OF THEM, AND HER

LOVE FOR HER FAMILY WAS ENDLESS AND UNWAVERING.

SHE LEAVES TO CHERISH HER LOVING MEMORY HER NUMBER

ONE JOY IN LIFE HER CHILDREN: JERSEY JOE BRIDGES, TARA

PATRICE BRIDGES, AND ERIC BRIDGES (MONIQUE FLETCHER),

ALONG WITH HER GRANDCHILDREN DAQUON BRIDGES, MYESHA

ARTHUR, MICHA MILES, AND JORDAN BRIDGES ALONG WITH SIX

GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN; HER LEGACY OF LOVE CONTINUES TO

LIVE ON THROUGH EACH OF THEM.

FLORA IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HER BELOVED SIBLINGS: NANCY N.

GIBSON, RUFUS T. NEELY, CLYDE L. NEELY, AND ADDIE J. NEELY.

WITH A HOST OF NEPHEWS AND NIECES IN WHICH SHE HAD A

SPECIAL BOND AMONGST THEM ALL.

FLORA WILL FOREVER BE REMEMBERED FOR HER RADIANT

SMILE AND HER GIVING HEART—IF SHE HAD IT, YOU HAD IT. SHE

NEVER MET A STRANGER AND COULD MAKE ANYONE FEEL LIKE

FAMILY. TRULY, TO KNOW HER WAS TO LOVE HER. SHE OFTEN

SAID,

“STILL LOVING MY LIFE,

” AND SHE TRULY LIVED BY THOSE

WORDS EACH DAY.

SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER LOVING GRANDSONS:

VERNARD JERSEY BRIDGES, DARRIAN BRITTAIN, AND ONE

GREAT GRANDCHILD JAIRIYA JAMES BRIDGES, HER FAITHFUL

DAUGHTER-IN-LOVE BETTY BRIDGES, HER DEAR PARENTS CLYDE

R. NEELY AND CALLIE MAE NEELY; HER HUSBAND, JERSEY JOE

BRIDGES; HER SISTERS, ELLA MAE NEELY AND LILLIE ANN PRICE;

AND HER BROTHER, STANLEY HENRY NEELY, ALONG WITH TWO

NIECES AND ONE NEPHEW.