Mrs. Amanda Wallace-Bridges

WALLACE-BRIDGES, Mrs. Amanda - Age 68, passed away Monday, March 27, 2017 at McLaren-Flint. Family hour 10:30 AM Saturday, April 1, 2017 from the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home 906 W. Flint Park Blvd., with funeral service commencing at 11:00 AM Pastor Michael Hayes officiating. Family and friends will assemble at the funeral home 10:30 AM Saturday. Mrs. Bridges will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home. There will be no public viewing. Amanda “Mandy” Wallace Bridges made her entrance into this world as a precious gift to Theodis and Arquilla Wallace on Saturday, May 1, 1948 at Wilkins, Jefferson County, Arkansas She was released to explore the absolute limitlessness of God’s love on Monday, March 27, 2017, at the beautiful age of sixty eight (68). She transitioned home from the McLaren-Flint Hospital in Flint, Michigan. Daughter number four, Amanda was gifted, creative, opinionated, outspoken, revelatory, a talented story teller, and a selfless servant of the Most High God. She received her early education at Andrew Elementary School, Wilkins, Arkansas and her secondary education at Merrill High School in Pine Bluff where she graduated in 1966. During her time at Merrill she was a member of the Future Homemakers of America (FHA) and Camera Club. She obtained post-secondary education at Arkansas AM&N and Capital City Business Colleges after which she was employed with Arkansas Power and Light Company in Pine Bluff and Little Rock, Arkansas for over twenty years. She married Carson Bridges and to this union one child was born, Carson “Chip” Bridges, Jr. Joining the family of God in the early 1960s, Amanda received Salvation listening to her Mother sing choruses of Amazing Grace in the kitchen of their home. From there she never looked back and began a lifelong journey in reaching the lost for Christ. In the 1980s, she furthered her spiritual awareness in formal ministry education and training during her membership with Bethlehem Full Gospel Church under the tutelage of Pastor D. DeWayne Rudd, Sr. Fulfilling her time at Bethlehem, Amanda’s journey of evangelism led her to diverse cites, states, and cultures. She never feared going where God led her. Ministering in Arkansas, Alaska, Texas, and Michigan her loving arms of care embraced the lives of hundreds of people all over the Globe: from Florida to Alaska, from Washington State to Texas, from Canada to California, from the United States to Kuwait. Her one true love was ministry. In 1995 she ventured to Alaska. Shortly thereafter she established and founded Armour of Light Ministries (ALMS) under the apostleship of Pastor Lattie Goodson. ALMS was an outreach ministry providing food, shelter, clothing, counseling, and spiritual guidance to the peoples of Anchorage including the Tlingit, Yupik, Aleut, and Inupiat Eskimos. Seated in the heart of the Fairview / Mountainview communities of Anchorage, ALMS partnered with local schools to organize after school tutorial, arts and crafts, and drama programs. It partnered with local shelters and nursing homes to minister to the spiritual needs of their residents. Amanda strongly believed that as a man’s soul need Christ so also does his natural man need total wellness. She labored long hours to ensure doors of opportunities for a healthy lifestyle were opened to each person to whom she ministered. As if the hours spent in ministry were not enough Amanda extended her arms of compassion to children via the Back to Basic Day Care Center established in her home in Anchorage. Her servant ministry continued when she moved from Anchorage to Detroit, Michigan in the early years of 2000 as primary caregiver for her mother. And it was back in Michigan she found herself in late 2016 as caregiver for her sister. It is there, the Lord decided to bring her home to Him as a servant whose job was well done! Amanda is survived by her son, Carson Bridges, Jr., five sisters - Larfayette Hayes and Earsalene Cooper (Joe) of Flint, Michigan, Barbara Pearson of Las Vegas, Nevada, Erma Tillmon of Mesquite, TX and Joyce Baxter of Little Elm, TX,; One sister-in-law, Betty Wallace; nineteen nieces and nephews, several grand nieces and nephews, great- grand nieces and nephews, and a host of relatives and friends. Amanda is preceded in death by her parents Theodis and Arquilla Wallace, one brother, Theodis Wallace, Jr., and one niece, Sonji Faye Johnson.

Mrs. Amanda Wallace-Bridges

June 19, 1948 - March 27, 2017