06/03/2026
For those wishing to pay their last respects to Roosevelt Bridges, visitation will be from 2-5 p.m. Saturday at St. James United Methodist Church in Columbus and his funeral will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Trotter Convention Center in downtown Columbus.
Bridges, an inductee into the 2025 inaugural class of the Lowndes County Sports Hall of Fame, passed away this past Friday at the age of 83.
He was a sports pioneer at Motley High School (now West Lowndes) starting the baseball, basketball and football programs. He was the first coach in each sport and coached all three simultaneously until he became the school’s principal.
The Lowndes County Sports Hall of Fame expresses sympathy to his family. May he rest in peace.