Doris Lee Bridgewater, 97, of Campbellsville, KY, the daughter of the late Clarence Milton and Clady (White) Vaughn, was born February 22, 1929 in Taylor County, KY and departed this life on Sunday, April 12, 2026 in Louisville at the Rockford Manor. 

She had made a profession of faith in Christ at an early age and was a member of the Pleasant Union Baptist Church, a former medical records personnel for a doctor’s office and a homemaker. She enjoyed music, and singing, and following the Perfect Fit Band, crossword puzzles, working in her flower beds, traveling, watching sports and the Rifleman.

Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Edward Allen Bridgewater, Jr; a daughter, Beverly Joyce Bridgewater; her brothers: William Hollis Vaughn, Clarence Milton Vaughn, Maurice ‘Tippy” Vaughn and James Earl “Jake” Vaughn; and her sisters: Elanor M. Miller, Eula Wray Shively and Burnice Louise Parker.

SURVIVORS:

8 children: Darlene Hazel (Lewis), Brenda Epperson, Lee A. Bridgewater, Gary Bridgewater (Tonya), Kenneth Bridgewater, Hollis Bridgewater & wife Tina, Wilando “Chop” Bridgewater, and Craig Bridgewater (Yevonne Young)

2 sisters: Georgia Pryor and Betty Vaughn

17 grandchildren & a host of great and great-grandchildren & other relatives & friends

Special friends: Odessa Ford and George “JR” Johnson

FUNERAL SERVICE: Saturday, April 25, 2026 at 1:00 P.M. at Pleasant Union Baptist Church with Rev. Michael Caldwell officiating

INTERMENT: Pleasant Union Cemetery

VISITATION: Friday, April 24, 2026 from 5-8 P.M at the church

L.R. Petty Funeral Home in Campbellsville, KY is in charge of arrangements.