General Notes

Custom Field:<_FA#> Evie's middle name is a fourth generation middle name. His is the 2nd.@@S726784@@Date of Import: Jul 31, 2003
Custom Field:<_FA#> Sworn into the U. S. Navy on Jan. 28, 1944 & honorably discharged on May 17, 1946 as a MOMM 3/C.@@S726784@@Date of Import: Jul 31, 2003
Custom Field:<_FA#> He sorted mail on the Hummingbird Train while it was in route to New Orleans, LAInformation given to me by James Marion  Andress on 14 Jun 1998 via phone.@@S726784@@Date of Import: Jul 31, 2003
Address:<ADDR> 2721 Gibson Dr.
Millbrook
AL
36054
USA
[coosa1.ged]
From Polk's Montgomey (Montgomery County, Ala.) City Directory Vol. 1953
XLVI including Boylston and Chisholm. Price $40.00 -
Dad went to school in Goodwater, Coosa Co., AL while in the 5th grade.
I told Dad one day, that I would like to live in Coosa County. He said,
"I couldn't. I have too many memories of hardship and poverty. The soil
was hard to work because it was so rocky."
"E. D. BRIDGES JR. GETS MILLBROOK POSTMASTER JOB
Evie D. Bridges Jr. has been appointed postmaster at Millbrook,
Regional Postmaster General Carl C. Ulsaher of Memphis, Tenn., announced
Saturday.
The appointment is among 20 such positions announced within the 11
state southern region of the U.S. Postal Service.  Others in Alabama are
Mrs. Leilie L. Nahaffey, Montevallo, Mrs. Barbara R. Hodgekiss, Ontrose
and Daniol L. Jackson, Lester."   31 Oct 1971, Montgomery Advertiser,
Montgomery, AL. (1)
(1) Researched by Ronald D. Bridges in the Department of  Alabama
Archives and History (surname files) on 17 Jan 1999.
My Dad, Evie Davis Bridges, Jr. gave this information to me, on 12 Feb
1996.
Evie Davis Bridges was christened at Sears Chapel Methodist Church. He
attended the first grade in Rockford, AL.  After Emma Catherine Bridges,
his mother, died on March the 11th of 1933, he moved into the home of her
brother, George Washington Miller and his wife Clara Ruth.  He attended
school in Goodwater, Alabama, while in the fifth grade.  He was living
with his Dad's nephew Uncle Will (William Stephens Gothard) and Josephine
Gothard. Evie's Grandfather, James Alexander Miller, died when Evie was
in the fifth grade.  Evie's teacher Ms. Hattie Waldrip, a relative of
his, did not tell him that James' funeral was taking place.  Ms. Waldrip
waited until the funeral was over.  Daddy said  he never knew why but
always had resented her for not telling him. After the fifth grade in
1938 he moved in with his Dad and his new wife Vera. His father had
married Vera Steel in June of 1938.  They were living Montgomery,
Alabama, outside of Kilby Prison.  There his Dad had a job as a prison
guard.  Dad attended Capitol Heights School.  My mother moved near Kilby
Prision about this time. She also attended Capitol Heights School.
James Miller had a long mustache in which he curled up.  He was gray
headed and had ears similar to Dad's.  They called him Jim.  Dad said his
Grandmother Emma McEwen Miller was tight with money.  Dad said he
remember one night that her cat brought up a quail through the hole in
the floor, which was made to allow the cat to come and go.  She took the
quail from the cat and prepared the bird for supper that night.  She had
a rug room as Dad called where she made rugs.  He remembered a very large
one she had hung on the wall.  He recalls seeing his Grandmother using
her spinning wheel.  James A. Miller and his wife Emma lived on hill
where Avondale Mills is located a few miles north of Rockford, Alabama.
Dad heard that James Miller taught.
Sworn in as Officer-In-Charge of Millbrook Post Office on 18 Sep 1970.
There's a place for a gambler, a place for an adventurer, a place for a
patriot and oh yes, he sees and he knows. Let that wisdom shine!  Thank
you Dad for volunteering and serving our country during WW II when you
were not of age. Ron Bridges 21 Nov 1999.