(Obit - Deckman Bridges passed away Thursday morning at the home of his parents, 
Mr. & Mrs. C. A. Bridges, on North Davis street, after an illness of several weeks. 
Services to be held in the home, with interment to follow in the cemetery at Cumby. 
He was born in Cumby 22 years ago the 4th of June, and lived there all his life 
until moving to Sulphur Springs about eight years ago. The first of May he went to 
Dallas to accept a position, and soon thereafter was stricken seriously ill. He is 
survived by his parents, two brothers, Jack and Charles, and one sister, Louise.) 
(Daily News- Telegram, Thurs. July 1, 1926) (Later reported - Mr. & Mrs. Gib 
Gilchrist of Dallas attended the funeral of their cousin, Deckman Bridges.)