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Luther B. Bridgers
American songwriter and minister (1884-1948)
Luther B. Bridgers (February 14, 1884 – May 27, 1948) was an American songwriter and minister.[1] He was an eleventh lineal descendant of Lawrence Bridger (1550-1630), Rector of St.
John the Evangelist Church in Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, UK.
Luther Burgess Bridgers was born on February 14, 1884, in Margarettsville, North Carolina to Rev. James Buchanan Bridgers (1856-1913) and Georgiana nee Cooke.
Luther b bridges biography
Luther's father conducted revival meetings until his death, often with his son assisting him, from 1904 to 1913. From 1902 to 1906 Luther B. Bridgers attended Asbury College in Wilmore, Kentucky where he met his wife Sarah Jane "Sallie" Veatch (1885-1911) with whom he had three sons.
He was ordained in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South and pastored his first congregation in Perry, Florida, from 1908 to 1909 which he eventually relinquished in favor of itinerant evangelism throughout the southeastern