Funeral services for Mrs. Hazel Bridges were conducted at 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 14, 2022, at Whitesand Baptist Church in Prentiss.  Interment followed in the Whitesand Cemetery.  Rev. Ted Bowlin  officiated.  Mrs. Bridges, age 93, entered into the eternal rest of her Lord Friday morning, Feb. 11, 2022, at her home in Prentiss.

Saulters Moore Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Clara Hazel Bridges was born Jan. 22, 1929, in Jefferson Davis County to Ethel and Susie Lee Butler.  Hazel enjoyed sewing and was a member of the Annie Lou Hayman Quilting Club.  She also loved to cook and church dinners were not complete without her delicious Apple Tarts. Hazel was also known to have a “Green Thumb” and loved to garden.  It has been said that she could take a cutting of any rose, stick it in water, and that it would root.  Hazel was a loving Mother and Mamaw to her grandchildren, through which her legacy will live on.  She was a member of Whitesand Baptist Church.

Mrs. Bridges was preceded in death by her parents, Ethel and Susie Butler; her husband, Charles Bridges; three brothers, Vernon Butler, Ethel Ray Butler, J.W. Butler and a great-granddaughter, Kirsten Berry.

Her memory will be forever cherished by her daughter, Carolyn Tullos of Prentiss; two sisters, Irma Mae McInnis and Inez Hall, both of Mt. Olive; three grandchildren, Melissa Berry (Greg), Tanya Tullos and Amanda Palmer (Bennie).  Mrs. Bridges also leaves behind six great-grandchildren and eight great-great grandchildren.

Serving as pallbearers were David Lee, P. K. Berry, Chris Hawthorn, Thomas Hawthorn, Austin McQueen and Tom Hall.

Family and friends gathered at Whitesand Baptist Church on Monday morning, Feb. 14, 2022, from 10 a.m. until the hour of service at 11 a.m..

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