Paul Douglas Bridgewater

Paul Douglas Bridewater,70, of Harviell, Mo., passed away January 4, 2013, at his residence. He was born December 6, 1942, in Rockford, Ill. He had lived in Butler County most of his life and was a mechanic. He attended Neelyville, Naylor and Arkansas State Schools. Mr Bridgewater was a 32nd degree mason. He was a member of Lodge #209 and Three Rivers Shrine Club in Poplar Bluff, and Moolah Shriner's and Scottish Rite in St.Louis, Mo. On April 4, 1964, he married Carol Sue Campbell in St.Louis. She survives. Other survivors are one daughter , Diana Lynn Bridgewater, and one granddaughter, Amanda Sue Bridewater of Harviell. One sister LaVonda Joyce Derganc, preceded him in death. Burial will be in the Kinsey Cemetery at a late date. Visitation only will be from 6-8 P.M. Tuesday. January 8, 2013 in the Fowler-Sullivan Memorial Chapel of Neelyville, Mo.. The family requests memorials be made to Haven House Center for Battered Women and Children, in care of Fowler-Sullivan Memorial chapel.