Lucille C. Bridges
Visitation
Thursday, Nov 19, 2020
10:00 AM-11:00 AM
Funeral Service
Thursday, Nov 19, 2020
11:00 AM
Graveside Service
Thursday, Nov 19, 2020
3:00 PM
Lucille C. Bridges
August 12, 1934 - November 10, 2020
Ms. Lucille Commadore Bridges, 86, of New Orleans, Louisiana died on Tuesday, November 10, 2020, in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Born Sunday, August 12, 1934, in Tylertown, Mississippi, she was the daughter of the late Mr. Curtis and the late Mrs. Amie J. Commadore.
A funeral service was held at 11:00 A.M. on Thursday, November 19, 2020, at Professional Funeral Service, Inc., located at 1449 N. Claiborne Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana 70117, with Bishop Blake delivering the Eulogy. A graveside service was held at 3:00 P.M. on Thursday, November 19, 2020, at Tylertown Cemetery II, in Tylertown, Mississippi 39667 with the Apostle Clayton Bullock, rendering Words of Comfort. Interment was in Tylertown Cemetery II, in Tylertown, Mississippi.
A visitation was held from 10:00 A.M. until 11:00 A.M. on Thursday, November 19, 2020, at Professional Funeral Service, Inc., with Washington Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.∼Social Reformer
One of the Mothers of the Civil Rights Movement passed away at her home in Uptown Louisiana from cancer. Lucille was one of eight children born to Curtis and Amie Commadore. She was raised in Tylertown, Mississippi and grew up on the sharecropping farm her parents worked. Lucille attended school up to 8th grade when she had to stop in order to help her parents in the fields. In 1953 she married Arbon Bridges, a mechanic and a Korean War Veteran. In 1954, Lucille gave birth to the first of five children, Ruby. That same year, the Supreme Court ruled on the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education that "separate but equal" schools were unconstitutional. Later, Ruby would go on to become an Anti-Segregation Icon. In 1956, Lucille and family moved to New Orleans in hopes of better employment and educational opportunities. She became aware of the NAACP who were encouraging Black parents to enroll their children in all-white schools. Although segregation was illegal at this time, New Orleans remained a southern state which refused to recognize this. Lucille agreed to be among the first African American parents to enroll her child in an all-white school. She explained in an interview published in The Miami News on Nov. 24, 1960 that she would make sure Ruby got all of the education she could and noted "Colored schools may be separate but they aren't necessarily equal". In 1960, surrounded by US Marshalls, Lucille escorted her 6 year old daughter through an angry white mob to school, the first Black student to attend an all-white school. Lucille and family dealt with persistent threats of harm and racial hate. Her husband lost his job and her parents were evicted from the farm they lived and worked on for years. Throughout, Lucille remained persistent and determined, doing something that would ultimately open doors for so many people.
Visitation
Thursday, Nov 19, 2020
10:00 AM-11:00 AM
Funeral Service
Thursday, Nov 19, 2020
11:00 AM
Graveside Service
Thursday, Nov 19, 2020
3:00 PM
Lucille C. Bridges
August 12, 1934 - November 10, 2020
Ms. Lucille Commadore Bridges, 86, of New Orleans, Louisiana died on Tuesday, November 10, 2020, in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Born Sunday, August 12, 1934, in Tylertown, Mississippi, she was the daughter of the late Mr. Curtis and the late Mrs. Amie J. Commadore.
A funeral service was held at 11:00 A.M. on Thursday, November 19, 2020, at Professional Funeral Service, Inc., located at 1449 N. Claiborne Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana 70117, with Bishop Blake delivering the Eulogy. A graveside service was held at 3:00 P.M. on Thursday, November 19, 2020, at Tylertown Cemetery II, in Tylertown, Mississippi 39667 with the Apostle Clayton Bullock, rendering Words of Comfort. Interment was in Tylertown Cemetery II, in Tylertown, Mississippi.
A visitation was held from 10:00 A.M. until 11:00 A.M. on Thursday, November 19, 2020, at Professional Funeral Service, Inc., with Washington Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.∼Social Reformer
One of the Mothers of the Civil Rights Movement passed away at her home in Uptown Louisiana from cancer. Lucille was one of eight children born to Curtis and Amie Commadore. She was raised in Tylertown, Mississippi and grew up on the sharecropping farm her parents worked. Lucille attended school up to 8th grade when she had to stop in order to help her parents in the fields. In 1953 she married Arbon Bridges, a mechanic and a Korean War Veteran. In 1954, Lucille gave birth to the first of five children, Ruby. That same year, the Supreme Court ruled on the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education that "separate but equal" schools were unconstitutional. Later, Ruby would go on to become an Anti-Segregation Icon. In 1956, Lucille and family moved to New Orleans in hopes of better employment and educational opportunities. She became aware of the NAACP who were encouraging Black parents to enroll their children in all-white schools. Although segregation was illegal at this time, New Orleans remained a southern state which refused to recognize this. Lucille agreed to be among the first African American parents to enroll her child in an all-white school. She explained in an interview published in The Miami News on Nov. 24, 1960 that she would make sure Ruby got all of the education she could and noted "Colored schools may be separate but they aren't necessarily equal". In 1960, surrounded by US Marshalls, Lucille escorted her 6 year old daughter through an angry white mob to school, the first Black student to attend an all-white school. Lucille and family dealt with persistent threats of harm and racial hate. Her husband lost his job and her parents were evicted from the farm they lived and worked on for years. Throughout, Lucille remained persistent and determined, doing something that would ultimately open doors for so many people.
Lucille C. Bridges
Visitation
Thursday, Nov 19, 2020
10:00 AM-11:00 AM
Funeral Service
Thursday, Nov 19, 2020
11:00 AM
Graveside Service
Thursday, Nov 19, 2020
3:00 PM
Lucille C. Bridges
August 12, 1934 - November 10, 2020
Ms. Lucille Commadore Bridges, 86, of New Orleans, Louisiana died on Tuesday, November 10, 2020, in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Born Sunday, August 12, 1934, in Tylertown, Mississippi, she was the daughter of the late Mr. Curtis and the late Mrs. Amie J. Commadore.
A funeral service was held at 11:00 A.M. on Thursday, November 19, 2020, at Professional Funeral Service, Inc., located at 1449 N. Claiborne Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana 70117, with Bishop Blake delivering the Eulogy. A graveside service was held at 3:00 P.M. on Thursday, November 19, 2020, at Tylertown Cemetery II, in Tylertown, Mississippi 39667 with the Apostle Clayton Bullock, rendering Words of Comfort. Interment was in Tylertown Cemetery II, in Tylertown, Mississippi.
A visitation was held from 10:00 A.M. until 11:00 A.M. on Thursday, November 19, 2020, at Professional Funeral Service, Inc., with Washington Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.∼Social Reformer
One of the Mothers of the Civil Rights Movement passed away at her home in Uptown Louisiana from cancer. Lucille was one of eight children born to Curtis and Amie Commadore. She was raised in Tylertown, Mississippi and grew up on the sharecropping farm her parents worked. Lucille attended school up to 8th grade when she had to stop in order to help her parents in the fields. In 1953 she married Arbon Bridges, a mechanic and a Korean War Veteran. In 1954, Lucille gave birth to the first of five children, Ruby. That same year, the Supreme Court ruled on the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education that "separate but equal" schools were unconstitutional. Later, Ruby would go on to become an Anti-Segregation Icon. In 1956, Lucille and family moved to New Orleans in hopes of better employment and educational opportunities. She became aware of the NAACP who were encouraging Black parents to enroll their children in all-white schools. Although segregation was illegal at this time, New Orleans remained a southern state which refused to recognize this. Lucille agreed to be among the first African American parents to enroll her child in an all-white school. She explained in an interview published in The Miami News on Nov. 24, 1960 that she would make sure Ruby got all of the education she could and noted "Colored schools may be separate but they aren't necessarily equal". In 1960, surrounded by US Marshalls, Lucille escorted her 6 year old daughter through an angry white mob to school, the first Black student to attend an all-white school. Lucille and family dealt with persistent threats of harm and racial hate. Her husband lost his job and her parents were evicted from the farm they lived and worked on for years. Throughout, Lucille remained persistent and determined, doing something that would ultimately open doors for so many people.
Visitation
Thursday, Nov 19, 2020
10:00 AM-11:00 AM
Funeral Service
Thursday, Nov 19, 2020
11:00 AM
Graveside Service
Thursday, Nov 19, 2020
3:00 PM
Lucille C. Bridges
August 12, 1934 - November 10, 2020
Ms. Lucille Commadore Bridges, 86, of New Orleans, Louisiana died on Tuesday, November 10, 2020, in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Born Sunday, August 12, 1934, in Tylertown, Mississippi, she was the daughter of the late Mr. Curtis and the late Mrs. Amie J. Commadore.
A funeral service was held at 11:00 A.M. on Thursday, November 19, 2020, at Professional Funeral Service, Inc., located at 1449 N. Claiborne Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana 70117, with Bishop Blake delivering the Eulogy. A graveside service was held at 3:00 P.M. on Thursday, November 19, 2020, at Tylertown Cemetery II, in Tylertown, Mississippi 39667 with the Apostle Clayton Bullock, rendering Words of Comfort. Interment was in Tylertown Cemetery II, in Tylertown, Mississippi.
A visitation was held from 10:00 A.M. until 11:00 A.M. on Thursday, November 19, 2020, at Professional Funeral Service, Inc., with Washington Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.∼Social Reformer
One of the Mothers of the Civil Rights Movement passed away at her home in Uptown Louisiana from cancer. Lucille was one of eight children born to Curtis and Amie Commadore. She was raised in Tylertown, Mississippi and grew up on the sharecropping farm her parents worked. Lucille attended school up to 8th grade when she had to stop in order to help her parents in the fields. In 1953 she married Arbon Bridges, a mechanic and a Korean War Veteran. In 1954, Lucille gave birth to the first of five children, Ruby. That same year, the Supreme Court ruled on the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education that "separate but equal" schools were unconstitutional. Later, Ruby would go on to become an Anti-Segregation Icon. In 1956, Lucille and family moved to New Orleans in hopes of better employment and educational opportunities. She became aware of the NAACP who were encouraging Black parents to enroll their children in all-white schools. Although segregation was illegal at this time, New Orleans remained a southern state which refused to recognize this. Lucille agreed to be among the first African American parents to enroll her child in an all-white school. She explained in an interview published in The Miami News on Nov. 24, 1960 that she would make sure Ruby got all of the education she could and noted "Colored schools may be separate but they aren't necessarily equal". In 1960, surrounded by US Marshalls, Lucille escorted her 6 year old daughter through an angry white mob to school, the first Black student to attend an all-white school. Lucille and family dealt with persistent threats of harm and racial hate. Her husband lost his job and her parents were evicted from the farm they lived and worked on for years. Throughout, Lucille remained persistent and determined, doing something that would ultimately open doors for so many people.
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