Homegoing Celebration for Deacon Rufus Bridges, Saturday, August 15, 2026, 11:00 A.M. Bethel Original Free Will Baptist Church 1890 2nd Ave, Decatur, GA Bishop V.C. Speak, Sr., Officiating & Eulogist. Deacon Rufus Bridges will lie in repose at the church beginning at 10:00 A.M. Interment: Kennedy Memorial Gardens, Ellenwood, GA.

He leaves to cherish his memory his beloved wife, Mother Annie J. Bridges; his children, Darlene (Freddy) Clark, Ronda Levitt, Rodney Levitt, Phyllis Speakman, and Amberula Levitt; along with numerous grandchildren, great‑grandchildren, great‑great‑grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins, church family, other relatives and friends. Family will be having a visitation at the mortuary Friday, August 14, 2026, 5:00 P.M. until 7:30 P.M.

Family and friends are asked to assemble at the residence Saturday at 9:30 A.M.

Donald Trimble Mortuary, Inc., 1876 Second Avenue (404) 371-0772-3.