Delilah Sharkey Bridges, 76, of Magnolia, passed away, Tuesday, November 19, 2019 at Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center.

She was born March 21, 1943 in Amite, LA.  She was the daughter of Alton and Zyphia Jenkins Sharkey.

She was a retired office manager with Tom's Sheet Metal in Summit.  She was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church in Magnolia.

She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Carson Bridges, Sr.; her son, C. Ronnie Bridges, Jr.; a grandson, Ron Young; a great-grandson, Jacob Whitehead and two sisters, Lavilla Russell and Ellen Coates.

She is survived by two daughters, Rhonda Conerly and husband, Rex of Tylertown and Roslyn "Punkin" Bridges of Huntsville, AL; two sisters, Alvee Cox and husband, Wilvie of Franklinton, LA and Hurmnee Stevens of Hammond, LA; three grandchildren, James L. Young and wife, Christy, Carla Y. Whitehead and husband, Rorey and William Carson Bridges; four great-grandchildren, Jessica Young, Allyssa Young, Kelsey Phelps and Nathan Whitehead and numerous nieces and nephews.

Visitation is Saturday at Sharkey Funeral Home, 1023 Old Brookhaven Road, Summit, MS 39666 from 10AM until services at 2PM with Dr. David Millican officiating.  Burial will follow in Tangipahoa cemetery in Tangipahoa, LA.

Pallbearers are Rorey Whitehead, Jamie Young, Nathan Whitehead, John Estess, Drew Caldarone and Corey Whitehead. Honorary pallbearers are Wilvie Cox, Carlton Rushing, James Alexander and Rex Conerly.

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